Gardening in the Dark

<p><b><font size =4>Description</font></b><p> Albert Camus wrote that the only real question a human being has to ask of themselves is; should I live or should I die? Before this question is answered we are unable to progress with life to seize the grass and the smiles and the sunlight because we are still pondering. <p>'Gardening in the Dark' follows the path of Alex as she stumbles towards making this decision. Interspersed with her story we meet Ally a young girl whose childhood is entirely affected by the impact of her Mother's Bipolar. <p>Through Alex and Ally's stories we come to realise that the cyclical nature of the condition affects not just a single person but entire generations. Despite this 'Gardening in the Dark' is ultimately a poignant and evocative novel about love embracing life and personal triumph over tragedy<p><b><font size =4>About the Author</b></font><p>Jennifer Syrkiewicz has been writing all her life drawing from a mixture of personal experience and imagination to inform her fiction. <p>Diagnosed with Bipolar Affective Disorder Jennifer wrote her first novel 'Gardening in the Dark' to raise awareness of the condition and express how Bipolar affects the lives of both the person diagnosed and those around them. Since writing the novel Jennifer has set up a support group for the condition in her area. <p>Jennifer was born in 1976 in Yorkshire. Following a meandering trail across the UK to attend various universities she is now happily settled in North Yorkshire with her husband Paul and two dogs. She runs a small Communications business and spends most of her time blogging writing articles and producing fiction and poetry.