Book – The English Migrant
Author – Connie Edwards
Publisher – Olympia Publishers
Genre – SelfHelp, Personal Development
No. of pages – 103
About the book –
Connie Edwards had willingly dedicated her life to the police service
in the south west of England. Originally from London, she had never
really felt part of the gang, no matter how she tried. She, in fact,
suffered several very unkind incidents at the hands of people she
considered trusted colleagues and friends. This all came to a head when
she finally realised her dream of becoming a detective. Suddenly, those
persecutors reappeared, so jealous and desperate for that one position
to work as a detective in the whole area, owing to budget cuts and
altering priorities. Connie was the officer for that place so it was a
situation of kill or be killed. She was bullied so relentlessly that she
broke. A while later, she was medically retired but even that was
handled chaotically. Labelled with a mental health disorder, and
effectively unemployable at the age of forty-two, having worked
consistently from the age of thirteen, she was faced with the hard fact
that in less than a year she would be financially broke. Drastic
measures needed to be taken and becoming an economic migrant was the
answer.
Review –
The English Migrant is a very brave book full of wisdom and very
nicely Connie Edwards has managed to engage the reader by narration
various brave situations beautifully.
Connie was the officer and was bullied very relentlessly that she
broke. Later, she was medically retired but even that was handled
chaotically. She was labelled with a mental health disorder, and then
later found herself unemployable at the age of forty-two. This wave
bought multiple waves of hardships financially and mentally.
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Few lines/quotes from book –
• Travel to expand your mind amd life experiences positively. You cannot fail to learn from it.
• One ripple of random act of kindness can make great waves of love in the world.
• Everything was a challenge, everyone tried to rip me off and
some successed, but I stand here today with my eyes wide open and that
is a great platform to be on. Knowledge is power.
About the Author –
Connie Edwards was born in Greenwich, south east London, in the
nineteen seventies. Keen to join the police she applied to five
different police forces across the country as the ‘Met’ had stopped
recruiting. She joined a constabulary in the south west of England and
served for twenty years until early retirement was forced upon her.
Further errors in her retirement meant she was unemployable and expected
to survive on nine hundred pounds per month. A resourceful, brave and
indefatigable character, she decided to move to a third world country
rather than end up broke.
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