The very creation of a biography or memoir sets in place a chain of events that can draw family members closer together and help them reach new levels of understanding.

Say Sorry - Second Edition

Author, Ann Thompson, has requested a reprint of her biography published by Penguin group (NZ) in 2009. Thanks to reviews in the national media - including a full page item in the Sunday Star Times and a two page story in the NZ Women's Weekly - Say Sorry has already sold several thousand copies.

The second edition - which Ann has asked us to help her self-publish - will feature a sequel to the original book. Her plan is to distribute the 2012 version internationally via Amazon and Fish Pond. Currently we are in the throes of helping with revisions to the original book and then we will help the author facilitate access to electronic sales sites.

Leaving Lithuania - A Refugee's Story

When Vaclovas Viktor Procuta was forced to leave Lithuania as a teenager in WWII, his family’s belongings were reduced to the suitcases they could drag behind them. After six and a half years in refugee camps in Germany they came to New Zealand where Viktor was directed to work as a glass cutter in Dunedin. He went on to study architecture at Auckland University and practise in both the US and New Zealand.

A gifted writer himself, Viktor could have penned a warm and lyrical account of his life, but by his own admission, he has lost interest in writing for the sake of writing.

Recommendation

"Fiona, you and Tony have done a superlative job and I very much enjoyed reading [Dad’s biography]. I was impressed with how much information you gleaned from Dad in what seemed to be a relatively short period of time. Thanks so much for the time and attention you’ve given Dad; its been a tremendous thing for him, and both he and I have appreciated the enrichment it’s given him. (And Dad never never would have written it himself!)"
– Antanas Procuta