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Review 'Barbara Sellers, a gifted writer and survivor of severe child abuse, takes readers on a journey no child should experience in her memoir, 'Get Tough or Die'. Barbara is the sixth of fourteen children; two sisters died because her Pa would not seek medical care for them. Living in rural Minnesota times were hard, but nothing prepares you for this devastating journey. Throughout the telling of her story, I felt two people wrote this book. One was Barbara, the child, who tells the story without an adult's analysis of what was happening. Even with the child-like matter-of-fact telling however, the fear that a child feels when confronted with an unstable and cruel adult comes through loud and clear. The other writer is Barbara, the adult, who rose above the neglect and cruelty to become a successful, strong woman. Barbara is a kind and insightful person and a gifted writer. Thank you, Barbara, for the courage it took to share your story, but even more for reminding us of the power of love and forgiveness.' (Carol Hoyer Reader Views, August 2019) Read more About the Author Barbara Sellers was the sixth born in a family of fourteen children. She grew up on a large farm in Minnesota.Barbara decided to become a writer when she was nine years old. At large family gatherings, her grandmother got everyone's attention and read humorous parts of Barbara's letters aloud. Everyone laughed and applauded, so she continued writing. When Barbara wrote to a Japanese pen pal, she unwittingly developed stronger writing skills. Knowing her pen pal had to interpret her letters into a foreign language forced her to pay attention to correct spelling and better sentence structure.After graduating from high school, Barbara worked as a secretary in St. Paul, Minnesota, for a few years before moving to Tacoma, Washington, to escape cold weather.There she met her first husband, the late Franklin Harvey, who was a sonar technician in the U.S. Navy. After living in several naval ports throughout the United States, Barbara earned a bachelor's degree in English-writing (journalism) in May 1982 from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, where she now resides.Barbara retired in May 2009 from the Department of Defense, where she worked for an Army newspaper, the Northwest Guardian, as a reporter, editor, and photojournalist in the public affairs office. While there, she wrote more than 4,000 stories and won thirty-two individual and staff journalism awards, including the coveted Thomas Jefferson Award twice, for best newspaper out of more than 6,000 in all four branches of the military.Barbara is a thirty-year member of Toastmasters International and has won many humorous speech contests. After retirement, she did some stand-up comedy at open mikes and has two CDs of original true stories, True Confessions and Back on the Farm. Barbara is also a special guest on the CD Panic to Power, with three world champion speakers from Toastmasters. Get Tough or Die is Barbara's first novel.She has two adult sons, Shawn and Ryan, and one granddaughter, Crystal. Read more
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