The backgrounds were different in the book and from what I experienced personally, but I could recognise a lot of her behaviours in the ones I had experienced through the individual suffering from the disorder in my personal life. But this was a let down for me (Part1)Īs someone who has done my own extensive research about attachment disorder in a formal learning environment, and someone who has experienced attachment disorder first hand in the past, it was an extremely educational read. I've loved every book by Cathy and own then all, I highly recommend them. This book was a Gift, and one I'm grateful for, but personally if I had brought this myself I wouldn't have carried on past pages 54/55 Part 2 much more enjoyable yet not enough of it, not enough of Anna, her life with the adopted parents or her feelings etc. Part 1 was pointless, not needed, and boring. I wish there had been more Talk on the Life Anna has in England, that part was missed out.as part one was all about finding her, and bringing her home.then we suddenly miss 2 years of her life 😕Īnd you'll find in Part 2 Anna's adopted mum give a brief summary of what her and her husband went through in order to adopt and bring Anna home.and so I found that pointless considering we had already read all that in Part 1. It also didn't feel like I was reading a Cathy Glass Book.It was if she teamed up with another Author.I don't know, it was different, not what I expected and didn't enjoy it. Part 1 I was bored of, I didn't feel it needed to be in the book. Life is for living and A Long Way From Home is about making that journey.So I love Cathy Glass.I own all her books, aswell as have read them all too. This is her story, of courage, faith, determination, hard work and a sense of humour. She is the first female West Indian-born Chaplain at Reading Borough Council, where she also works as a volunteer. As life moved on and grief slowly faded, Una went back to adult education college and studied to become a Methodist Local Preacher – for eighteen years, she was the only female West Indian Lay Preacher on the Methodist Church Circuit for Reading and Silchester. Unfortunately, John developed lung cancer and passed away on 25th December 1982, leaving Una a widow at the age of 38.

He and Una went on to have 20 years of happy marriage and 6 children. There, she was greeted by a bright and beaming young man with a friendly smile – John. Saying goodbye to her parents and other siblings, she arrived at Gatwick airport on 1st November 1961. On her 17th birthday, Una left the West Indies to make her first journey to England, with 2 pounds for a new life in her pocket. John Chandler, a Christian who had once worked with her mother, was writing to invite Una to come to England, get married and start a new life. The letter brought a sense of adventure and changed Una’s life drastically – for the better. Then, one day, a blue airmail letter arrived, addressed to Una’s mother.

Living in a small rural village with a simple school, church and local shop, life was poor but easy. Growing up in Barbados in humble surroundings as a devout Christian, Una was the oldest of ten children.

Book a long way from home