Brash, brazen and incredibly brave”
My memoir, The Life and Times of Angie Bardot, is about embarking on a journey of self-
discovery. When my 36-year marriage failed I found myself thrown into the singles arena
without any knowledge of how to navigate my way through. The many pitfalls I
experienced ranged from misery to mayhem with lots of laughter in between. I learnt the
thing one must never lose sight of is their sense of humour!
When I began writing about what I was experiencing the words just flowed like verbal
diarrhea. It dawned on me that my predicament, although all too common, was still
unique. That was the pivotal point where I changed from ranting mode to writing mode. I
decided I had a real story I wanted to tell, like so many people in what I referred to as the
dumped 50+ age group and as it turns out, the target audience who would come to know
me as tragically endearing, absolutely gullible beyond belief, with a deep-seated desire to
become a successful sex goddess. My book wasn’t really about divorce. Divorce was just
the beginning of a consequence of events that followed.
As I began my exploits, I was aware that my behaviour wasn’t even acceptable to myself,
so the best way of overcoming any embarrassment was to write under a pseudonym giving
me the freedom of expression without worrying what people might think. Having
anonymity allowed me the freedom to tell my story boldly unabashed as a “no holds
barred” raw, honest, and real portrayal, which enticed people to make their individual and
differing judgement regarding my behaviour. My openness in telling the story becomes
thought provoking and can align with past or present behaviour, triggering a reaction and
because of this, I think the reader can relate to my experiences. Some may be annoyed at
me, cry for me, laugh with me but above all I hope that after the last word in my book has
been absorbed, and digested, like a scrumptious dessert, they will smile for me and feel
sated that I finally got to wherever I was going. I have grown so much in the last few years,
gaining a better understanding of what it is to be me. It is my greatest discovery! I hope
my story has inspired everyone to find their “me”.
I would love to write all day, every day, but that wouldn’t give me enough time for
daydreaming and reading about other authors books in Authors Lounge, which is my
favourite pastime. In the near future I will be promoting The Life and Times of Angie
Bardot with a promotional edition. This book cover will look the same, however, the size of
the printed version will be smaller and maybe just a few bits added to the story!!!! It could
even be a whole new story following on from where I left off which would be a new book
entirely. I am excited to follow my journey and see where it takes me next.
These days I have more time on my hands, which does allow me the freedom to do
anything I want, that doesn’t include cooking! (The perks of being single). I am located in
Australia in the sunny state of Queensland. I like to travel once a year to far off places
delving into other peoples’ worlds. I often think how great it would be to have a full- time
occupation as a travel writer so I could do the two things I love doing most. Well there may
be three things I like doing the most, but let’s not go there…….for now!
