PATRICIA GORDON STEVENS - Madness in Memphis-youtube

https://www.patriciagordonstevens.com/ Patricia Gordon Stevens is a writer from Memphis Tennessee now living in Kapunda, South Australia with her British husband. She spends her time putting pen to paper in the beautiful, peaceful landscape between the Barossa and Clare Valleys. Her debut fictional novel, ‘Madness in Memphis’, exposes the reality of living with domestic violence and the challenges many women face when they attempt to escape. As a mature student, Patricia studied Psychological Science and Sociology at the University of South Australia, before graduating from Edith Cowan University with a Master’s in Counselling in 2024. She now runs her own business, Maxwell House Counselling, where she specialises in working with clients experiencing anxiety, loneliness, grief, bereavement and trauma. She is a certified death doula and volunteers at Kapunda aged care homes. She believes that nobody should be alone on their last journey. In her professional life, she was a marketing and corporate events manager for Barossa based companies, writing and recording radio commercials for Chateau Tanunda and The Beer Girls. Patricia and her husband also owned The Wheatsheaf Pub in Allendale North, SA, where she worked primarily in public relations and marketing, and even sometimes donned a chef’s hat! She treasures living in their 1860s cottage with her husband and any furry, four-legged being that drops by and decides to make the house their home. This contemporary work surrounding Morgan and children, Ollie and Opal, her mother Kat, dearest friend, Lee, outstanding colleague, Antonio, and new attorney, Ash, delivers a lasting impression while transporting the reader into a personal horror story and Morgan's brutal struggle to survive. Morgan's experience of twists and turns combined with a deep emotional effect is laced with an excitement and the intention of dragging the reader to the edge of their seat beyond the final hopeful moments. Questioning her core values and beliefs sits at the centre of this story - how did she end up in this predicament? Self-examination is key throughout her escape and 'Madness in Memphis' becomes a compelling story surrounding a woman fleeing domestic violence while offering a unique take on the existing genre to create a moral, uplifting perspective woven between the emotional and strikingly brutal tale.