This image is the cover for the book Mabel Murphy

Mabel Murphy

It’s 1920s London and the world is in a deep economic depression. Times are very hard and the city is rife with unemployment, poverty and disease. One family in East London have managed to keep themselves afloat, housed and fed, despite having one parent with a long-term mental health condition, but that is all about to change as their teenage daughter is catapulted into a series of life events which are traumatic, heartbreaking and shocking but which make her become a much stronger and more resilient human being than she ever dreamed possible. This is a harrowing story of innocence, shame, hostility and vicious cruelty from the very people who should be caring for those in need, but it is tempered with love, hope and the potential to change one’s situation given the right opportunities. Although fictional, this was a true story for many women of that time and is based on several older women whom the author met and supported whilst an NHS nurse in the large hospital system.

Mike Delaney

Mike Delaney had a successful career as a nurse before reaching out and going into residential treatment for his addictions in 1996. He has since become a renowned mental health/addictions therapist, having developed and been CEO and the Clinical Director of several new treatment facilities as well as having a successful private practice in Harley Street, London. He is currently the Clinical Director of Delamere Health, the UK’s first, purpose built, Addiction and Behavioural Health Clinic in Cheshire and is regularly asked for his expertise in newspapers, magazines and on television.

Austin Macauley Publishers