Blame it on Betty

Elaine M Barr

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English

Tellwell Talent
23 May 2021

Memoirs; Poetry; Discrimination in employment law

"Were? Did? Can?

Were you innocent and afraid as a child and unable to fit in and feel different inside? Were you playing with boys but dreaming about girls, all socially awkward, quiet, and reserved? Were you void of makeup, fashion, and perfume and writing alone in your bedroom? Were you young and alone when you left home to discover a sexual identity completely foreign? Were you shunned and forbidden by employers ignorant of human rights and trying to destroy ya? Were you using alcohol to deal with pain and to suppress denial, confusion, and shame?

Did you have closeted relationships and constantly told ""get over it""? Did you commit petty crimes whilst addicted and have family members charged and convicted? Did you hit rock bottom whilst addicted but rise again from courage within? Did you come out for all to see and combat workplace discrimination for equality? Did you walk alone amongst the whispers whilst ostracized by blue brothers and sisters? Did you lose faith in a justice system but go beyond for the victims?

Can you look out a window and recall your life and relive moments that cut like a knife? Can you relive family ordeals and times that made your heart reel? Can you relive trauma, heartache, and the gory by sharing true events of a life story? Can you recall the brutal reality but tell the story with dignity? Can you retain humour and morality and do it all in poetry?"

By: Elaine M Barr
Imprint: Tellwell Talent
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780228853312
ISBN 10: 0228853311
Pages: 372
Publication Date: 23 May 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elaine Barr has been an unknown, unpublished poet and short-story writer for most of her life, a Northwestern Ontario girl, raised in an isolated village on private property with about thirty other families. She's the third oldest of seven children. In high school, she unintentionally joined the military but climbed onto a bus leaving town. From a disciplined childhood to a disciplined military and policing careers. Not out and proud with an introduction to a gay lifestyle but at rock bottom she was determined to make changes. In thirty-eight sober years came self-acceptance and a thriving law enforcement career. She's a survivor of five years in the Canadian military, twenty-five years policing and sixty-five years of family living. She's a naturally gifted athlete in various sports and a master of none but she keeps trying. If not on an indoor court somewhere, you'll find her outdoors enjoying sports and nature. She's an animal lover but also a first-time wild-game hunter in retirement, thanks to a healthier choice of diet. She lives with her two fur babies in a condo in Eastern Ontario. She's currently only one of three survivors from a family of nine. She can be found on social media. To appease an assorted group of followers in three years of retirement and in a lockdown world, she's now a poet for others to know it.