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Onion Therapy Book Launch

Over 100 guests attended the launch of Paula Reed’s book, “Onion Therapy” on 5th May at Mountsorrel Memorial Centre.  The book was also co-written by Soar Valley Life’s Editor and Writers’ Coach, Steve Johns.

Onion Therapy is the story of Paula’s life, looking for answers to the biggest health issues of our modern age. For the last ten years she has steered the Loughborough Cancer Self Help Group, one of the oldest groups of its type in the UK, and Paula is the current chairperson.

Her personal story tells of her childhood; losing her Mother to cancer when she was only nine years old, and having to grow up very quickly to look after her younger sister and cope with her drink dependant father. She had to live with the inner turmoil of being sexually abused by a family friend and being too ashamed to tell anyone for more than thirty years. Onion Therapy is the revelation of her healing journey and the answers she has found for everyone to share.

The book can now be purchased on-line via www.oniontherapy.co.uk

A selection of photographs taken at the book launch can be seen below.

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Filed Under: Events, Press Release Tagged With: Books, Cancer, Mountsorrel Memorial Centre, Onion Therapy, Paula Reed

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NC - Groby

It provides a wide range of information for the local area

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it’s relevant to where I live and the advertisers are often useful.

PS - Shepshed

For me it gives a sense of community and a bit of local identity in a world that’s is becoming increasingly homogenised.

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It covers such a wide variety of topics and businesses. Moving to a completely new area just before covid, it helped me to feel more familiar with the locality.

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Compact, refer back and you can get through it easily

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it feels relevant to me and my lifestyle, from local ads to local walks, plus everything else in between.

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