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Hi Mickey:
I hope that you will find the book is not about Frankie Valli but about the sixties, dysfunctional women, a little girl, and imprinting. I have not made a cent on this book thus far though the sales have been impressive but it would have been nice. Best wishes for a wonderful fall.
April of Course
It is always a risk when you publish something you’ve worked on and are proud of. Unfortunately, I believe others are allowed to use portions of others’ works and it is legal to do so. It’s a sticky situation. I always think about that as well. Keep me posted if you learn anything more. Thanks for reaching out.
April
Hi Craig:
Thanks so much for your honesty. I think that is such a noble character trait. Never lose the capacity to be yourself. It’s delightful.
Thirty years is a long time to be with someone. Especially if it’s marital commitment. But going back and forth three or four times shows some red flags. Have you truly forgiven each other for whatever tore you two apart all of those times? Sometimes we can forgive, sometimes we can’t!
Is it more habit then love? I wonder when the last time you both as a couple felt it was right and you were both moving in the right direction as a team.
As for your drinking, what does that say about your life right now? I would like to offer you a free session. Please think about it. If not, please keep in touch. Life is so precious. You matter and you deserve to be happy.
Prayers sent your way.
April Kirkwood, LPC
I think we still have much growing to do as a culture and we don’t want to recognize that a lot of women are married and unhappy. It doesn’t feel good to even think about. However, when you make peace with your decision, it gives the heart peace of mind. By the way, we don’t need to justify ourselves.
In short, women have been living like this for generations. No one wants to admit it.
Be your best self. Be truthful to yourself. Be aware. Be flexible to change when and if it feels right.
Blessings,
Another woman getting through life.
April
Hi Ms. Kirkwood,
I really enjoyed your first book and look forward to reading the second. There was so much valuable information for young women as well as the insight into Mr. Valli’s character.
I have three questions:
Do you do any seminars? In this celebrity driven culture, young women might be well advised to know what they are facing when they get into a relationship with a celebrity. You’ve been there.
Who is the “Toni” that you refer to as Frankie Valli’s wife? I thought he had only married three times, to Mary, Mary Ann and Randy.
This maybe a sensitive question, but do you know whatever happened to his second wife Mary Ann Hannigan? She seems to have vanished after divorcing him.
Thanks again for sharing your fascinating journey
Dear April Kirkwood:
I’m very pleased to announce that the December 2018 issue of our online book review magazine “MBR Bookwatch” features a review of “Working My Way Back to Me”.
Here is the review:
MBR Bookwatch: December 2018
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive, Oregon, WI 53575
http://www.midwestbookreview.com/mbw/dec_18.htm#cowper
Cowper’s Bookshelf
Working My Way Back to Me
April Kirkwood & Donald G. Evans
Boudoir Press
https://www.aprilkirkwood.com
9781732349025, $14.95, PB, 156pp, http://www.amazon.com
Synopsis: For rural Ohio beauty queen April Kirkwood, her #MeToo moment came way before the term was coined. She lost her virginity to the middle-aged Frankie Valli at 16, after a decade pursuing a childhood fantasy to be the crooner’s wife.
The affair would go for decades. But Frankie Valli is just a central character in April’s complex story of her struggle to break the generational cycle of abused and dependent women. Indeed, the strong women in “Working My Way Back to Me: A Frank Memoir of Self-Discovery” are filled with enormous love that offers protection, but also intensifies the hurt.
Through April’s eyes, we experience joys and heartaches that echo across more than a half-century of old family secrets and ways, and the triumphs and defeats involved in trying to break the mold.
Critique: It is interesting to note that April Kirkwood has worked over twenty five years in public education and in the mental health field as a social worker, teacher, guidance counselor, mentor for new teachers, and counselor. She presently lives in Florida and Ohio and spends most of her time writing, sharing her story with others, helping women, and is a public speaker.
Her memoir, “Working My Way Back to Me: A Frank Memoir of Self-Discovery” is more than just an exercise in personal catharsis, it is a representative true life example of the effects of a pervasive cultural patriarchally based misogyny — and how a new movement is helping women break from their invisible bonds and emerge as worthwhile and independent women in a pluralist society. While very highly recommended for community and academic library collections, it should be noted for personal reading lists that “Working My Way Back to Me” is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $4.99).
Mary Cowper
Reviewer
You have complete permission to utilize the review in any manner you deem useful for marketing and promotion.
This review will also appear in the Cengage Learning, Gale interactive CD-ROM series “Book Review Index” which is published four times yearly for academic, corporate, and public library systems.
Additionally, this review will be archived on our Midwest Book Review website for the next five years at http://www.midwestbookreview.com
I look forward to your next title!
James A. Cox
Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
Hi , you are a grown woman now get on with your life franki will never be yours he just took you for a ride hope you heel he’s a player all Italians are..
I couldn’t have said it better myself. I’m now on Alexa “Daily Living Tips.” Hope you’ll join me and there and perhaps sign up for newsletter!
Best wishes,
April
April is the most genuine person I have met! I cannot wait for all her future endeavors.
We had only been married 7 or 8 months when my wife stopped letting me have sex. She said I was terrible in bed and said no woman could ever be satisfied by me. I was so crushed & humiliated I did not know what to do. But I told no one & tried to act normally. I was happy to wash the dishes & vacuum our apartment & do laundry. But then she insisted I wear panties. To work. Then she made me give her my pay checks & put me mon an allowance. I needed sex so bad & she told me I was sick & of I needed to beat off to do it into the toilet. I felt myself sinking into an abyss. I was obeying her. Then she openly took a lover. I was so ashamed that my wife needed another man for the sex I was supposed to be giving her.
and she let him come to our apartment and fuck her in our bed. They started tying my hands behind my back so I could not touch myself while they had sex. she told him I was a useless little sissy. That’s when he made me suck his cock. His black cock was more than twice mine and said I should be castrated so I would never disappoint a lady.
That’s when I went to see a sex therapist. A female. She said I needed to accept that I was inferior and that there was nothing wrong with being a sissy. She told me many men were just not meant to have intercourse. That is where I am now! What should I do now? I am just 40!