Joseph's Ladder

by Gina' Wilcox

Overview

Gina's first novel 'Joseph's Ladder' is a true story and portrays one woman's battle to retain her own identity while coping with her son's serious mental decline.

Gina's first novel, Joseph's Ladder, is a true story and portrays one woman's battle to retain her own identity while coping with her son's serious mental decline.

Gina manages effectively to convey to the reader the complexity of dealing with both practical and emotional issues, frustration, anger and guilt which threatens her marriage and changes family life forever.

Lily is presented as a woman who has reached that stage of life when her children are growing up and she is beginning to find herself and pursue her own career as an artist.

Interwoven in the story are some lovely pieces of humour found in both her studies with younger students and ironically in the psychiatric unit. Lily undertakes a trip to Bulgaria which is fraught with danger.

'Joseph's Ladder' is compelling and hard to put down. It covers many aspects both exciting and tragic, taking the reader into the mind of an artist, a journey to a squat in Manchester and a battle with the authorities.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149748655
Publisher:	The Endless Bookcase
Publication date:	12/05/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	887 KB

About the Author

Gina Wilcox studied fine art at university and gained a 2:1 BA (Hons) degree. After graduating she exhibited her paintings in London, but when her son became seriously ill she had to stop and devote most of her time to his well-being.

She describes herself as a creative person with a fertile imagination. Writing and art are both equally important to her and she sees her two creative gifts as having much in common.

“Writing and painting follow the same pattern. Painting is composed of overlaying, scraping back, reapplying, infusing elements of the creator’s psyche to create a composition that works as a whole. Writing is little different; similar elements go into composing the written word. As the artist creates a painting, so too does the author create a written work with words which form a whole. Both require the spectator to view them visually and spiritually.”

When she was little Gina wrote sad poetry, and as an adult many of her artworks share her childhood penchant for thought-provoking imagery.