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The Water Garden
Winter
Identity Crisis: One Family's Experience of Manic Depression
Published: 23 September, 2016
Identity Crisis: One Family's Experience of Manic Depression is the true story of one mother’s battle to endure four children with the manic-depressive gene. What could have been a tragic book of the affliction of mental instability is actually humorous and heart-wrenching and ends on a surprisingly upbeat note.
From 1965 the author, M.K. Dalglish, assiduously observed and recorded her observations of the behaviour of her offspring. Identity Crisis, co-written with her daughter Sally E. Dalglish, is a candid study made by insiders to the communication breakdowns, medication, red tape, misunderstandings and suicide of one family member.
While the book touches on the highs and lows of four Dalglish children, youngest child Alex is the focus. Alex, the eminently gentle soul when well, was a dove; one who died screaming.
“Mum awoke to a thunderous racket. All the doors in the house were forcibly banged and torn open and banged again. There was a noise of shattering glass and china and heavy footfalls pounding on the stairs. Mum’s heart beat loudly. She breathed heavily. She knew Alex would not hurt her when he was himself. He was a gentle being. Now he was certainly not himself. She cowered under the bedclothes.”
The relationship between mother and youngest son is a key focus of the book and in particular the question as to whether Alex was submerged by his mother’s tidal wave of optimism.
“The more convinced Mum was that Alex was overcoming his challenges triumphantly and was on his way to controlling his life on a permanently secure and more enriching basis than ever before, the more he shrank in terror. He seemed to find her power of optimism overwhelming and her quest for spirituality annihilating. Where she saw salvation and a happy ending of their struggle, he saw only the tidal wave of her joy and felt submerged.”
As a sub-plot the book also looks at the relationship between the author M.K Dalglish and her own mother. There are continual undercurrents of domination, with the author as the victim, her own mother reigning supreme. Grandmother, known to the family as ‘Dandan’ was the sister of George Mallory who climbed Everest.
Co-author Sally Dalglish touches on her own experience, openly telling the tale of a hypomanic who has brilliant prospects until the age of 16; becomes the family's nightmare for the first nineteen nervous breakdowns; is schooled by an old mystic to paint, write and speculate successfully in property.
For more information, please contact sally.e.dalglish@gmail.com
Lucky Aviator
Published: 01 November, 2013
Media Release
Lucky Aviator Defies Death, Learns to Fly in Just One Week
Lucky Aviator is a book for aviators, adventurers and anyone who enjoys living life by the seat of their pants – or just wishes they had. A life-long obsession with speed and flight has led Charles Dalglish – great nephew of Air Chief Marshall Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory - through some extraordinary situations. Lucky Aviator is the true story of a life peppered with pranks, explosions and countless death-defying moments.
Charles Dalglish’s enthusiasm for flight began at an early age and has never faltered. At public school his only interest was in creating a 750 Special. After engineering college and many speeding adventures it was not long before he had his own Autogiro.
Forever speeding and breaking conventional rules, Charles was eventually banned from driving. His solution: learn to fly a helicopter in a week and commute by air instead.
With minimal instruction Charles has flown Sipa, Cessna, Auster, Jodel and a Robinson helicopter often in the most hazardous conditions and has cheated death on more than one occasion. Always ready for a new challenge, Charles could not pass up the opportunity of re-building a Notar helicopter, “the ultimate toy of anyone’s dreams.” The project turned out to be both thrilling and painful as on his first flight, this uninsured $1,000,000 machine confronted a Wedgetail Eagle.
The decision to sell up and take his young family to Australia with nothing but four suitcases, £500 and his skills to rely on may have sounded drastic but would actually pay dividends for this ‘lucky aviator.’ Selling Maules, the short take off aircraft, gained Charles friends all over Australia.
By dint of hard work Charles established himself in his new homeland and was granted a franchise from Suzuki who later incorporated five of Charles’ six suggested improvements into their new vehicle.
But life’s journey once again experienced bumps as the Council tried to destroy Charles’s airstrip. The battles with the council finally led to court and the toll on Charles’ health took him through the cancer experience.
Book Information
Title: Lucky Aviator
Publisher: Authors Online,
ISBN: 978-0-7552-1595-9
Available in e-book and paperback formats from authorsonline.co.uk; amazon.co.uk; amazon.com
For review copies and interview contact the author at: sally.e.dalglish@gmail.com
The Watchman’s Garden
Travels overland to India and the hospitality received in Pakistan inspired author Sally Dalglish to write her delightful little novel The Watchman’s Garden. Remarkably, the entire story was written in a single sitting, the author so transfixed that she went without sleep for three days as she wrote.
“It flowed straight out of my pen at a sitting of 73 hours, six months after returning from travels to India,” explains Sally.
The Watchman’s Garden is a magical tale of dreams and hopes raised and dashed, of inspiration, laughter, music and imagination on the quest of the icosahedron that is the key to the watchman’s garden.
The Watchman’s Garden is Sally Dalglish’s third published work, although her first novel. Much of the tale is derived from first hand experience; the exquisite prose testament to the author’s strong spiritual connection to the people and places she found on her travels.
Written as fantasy fiction for adults, the story leads the reader on a philosophical journey describing Asian customs and the mystical Islamic belief and practice of Sufism. It will appeal to anyone who enjoys using their imagination as a form of escape and to explore mystical culture and beliefs.
Synopsis
It is twenty years since he planted seven thousand trees in the Garden of Dreams and not one has died. The Watchman’s key that opened the door to the magical garden has been lost to time. Elise commands the Garden, accompanied by Aliya and Kahgahgee the raven. Lulach Thane of Moramor, Justin, Victor, Sam and Basir are joined by Wayne, Alim, Ziya, Ghazi and Sabih on their voyage of adventure and discovery.
Book Information
The Watchman’s Garden is published by Authors Online and is available for purchase at: info@newgenerationpublishing.co.uk; amazon.co.uk; amazon.com
ISBN: 0755216644
ROSE
by Sally Dalglish
Published by BOOKCASE. ISBN: 978-1-912181-29-2
ROSE is a pocket book of 60 multi-layered poems, full of surprises and delight: a thought-provoking collection; a hand grenade for many people unquestioningly set in their ways.
Synopsis
Section I contains poems revolving round the wonders of the rose and Mother Nature.
Section II focuses on revealing the taboos and symbols woven into oriental rugs.
Section III contains poems questioning the existence of this mythical “God” and illustrating how the Source of Life is evident in all.
Book is available @ £5 plus £2 p & p.
Contact the author: sally.e.dalglish@gmail.com
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