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Floating in saltwater : a memoir : a young girl's search for answers / Barbara Carter.

by Carter, Barbara, 1958-

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CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2016.

Carter, Barbara, 1958- -- Childhood and youth.

Girls -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.

Mothers and daughters -- Biography.

Control (Psychology) -- Biography.

Women authors -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.

Women artists -- Nova Scotia -- Biography

South Shore (N.S. : Region) -- Biography.

Nova Scotia -- Biography.

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9781536948578 (pbk.)

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Floating in salt water : a memoir : a young girl's search for answers

iii, 247 p. ; 23 cm.

Part one: 1963-1966, age 5 to 8 -- Part two: 1967-1969, age 9 to 11 -- Part three: 1969-1970, age 12 to 13 -- Questions: (for the first 12 years of your life).

"A young girl cannot understand why she should feel so alone in a house filled with so many. Or why her mother collects people like others collect stamps or teacups. The six-bedroom house is filled with children and elderly adults, noise and confusion. Anything can happen at any moment. Her mother insists that Barbara Ann has everything a child could ever want... but Barbara Ann feels something is missing. By observing those around her she fears for her future. Her mother controls a young woman living with the family, keeping her trapped and unhappy and afraid to ever leave. Deep inside, Barbara Ann knows that this is the kind of life her mother wants for her and that happiness will depend on finding a way to break free. Hope is offered by meeting people in a rental property nearby, people unlike others in the neighbourhood: hippies, artists, girls from the city, a black man and a rock and roll band. Barbara Ann must sort out what to believe in, whom to trust and how to find the love and happiness she desperately seeks."--From amazon.ca website.

"Floating in Salt Water is a child's view of serious situations, and traverses the line between entertainment and enlightenment. It is thought-provoking, written in an easy, unique style. Unorthodox, with characters who are hard to forget, featuring people and their cravings, dreams, desires, fears, flawed sexual desires and the double-sided nature of human beings. [I was] born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. My interest in drawing began around the age of ten. In my teen years I wanted to pursue art as a career, but circumstances prevented that from happening. Something within me kept pushing me on. Kept me believing that creating art was important. In September 1988, I had my first solo show at The Black Duck Gallery, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. In 1990 I began instructing art classes for children. For twelve years I travelled to numerous school in Lunenburg County, NS, offering after school classes. I also worked for Bridgewater Parks & Recreation instructing children and adults from 1997 to 2002. The desire to write became stronger and in the year 2000, I signed up for creative writing classes, feeling that if I didn't I would go crazy. So, once again, I stepped outside my comfort zone. I follow where my inner voice leads. My art and writing has guided me to let go of the past and move on to live more fully in the present moment. My goal is to aid others on their journey to heal inner wounds and find joy, peace and love. And the value of trusting their inner guidance."-- From the author's website: www.barbaracarterartist.com

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