Joan Zawatzky: 7 books

This book is for you if you feel: your life is out of control, defeated and hopeless about the future, things that once gave you pleasure are no longer of interest, tired all the time, unable to motivate yourself. You can find light at the end of the tunnel and beat depression. Joan Zawatzky shares the...

An insightful, humorous, and uplifting story told from a cat’s point of view. Bella is a Tabby cat rescued from a garbage dump by Karen, a counsellor. Karen recognises Bella’s calm, affectionate and easy-going temperament, and she becomes Karen’s therapy cat. With her deep purr and caring touch,...

I am convinced that love is one of the most powerful ingredients in stories that heal. Stories inspired by love take us beyond facts. They speak to our hearts and souls. They convey our deepest emotions of compassion, gratitude, and empathy. In this collection of seventy, inspiring stories, Joan Zawatzky...

Linda returns to the family orange farm in South Africa to attend her fathers funeral. She is drawn back to her past, to the striking beauty of her homeland and the people who still live and work there, but her country is vastly different to the one she left in 1985. A democratic government has emerged...

The Elephants Footprint is an intriguing crime novel laced with romance and set against a South African backdrop. Linda, a sharp and intuitive detective leaves Australia, to return to her birthplace Rustenburg, amidst the excitement of the World Cup soccer challenge. She finds the once lush farmland...

This novel takes the reader from contemporary Vienna to Melbourne, from the survivors of the Holocaust to the generations that follow. It is the story of a womans self-discovery, her growing inner strength, and her understanding of her past. Ella is Jewish, born in the 1960s in Leopoldstadt, once a ghetto...

This breakthrough book addresses the current problem of anxiety in families and the suffering of family members from anxiety disorders − parents, school going or younger children, teenagers or grandparents. Step-by-step solutions are offered clearly and without jargon. This book provides families...