A Roller Coaster Life
Just published! by Graham L Martin, the first part of this two part book, The Spiritual Journey of a Very Imperfect Man: A Roller Coaster Life.
Graham says about the book:
“Part 1 covers the lives of the young Graham and Audrie (Aud) Martin, how we got hitched, the beginnings of our spiritual journeys, and then gradually follows on to how, at 60 years old, I experienced a complete mental breakdown involving multiple attempts to take my own life and a 12-week spell in a secured psychiatric unit. It is intended that my recollections of this truly horrendous time, and particularly how I survived, will enable anyone presently undergoing anything remotely similar to have genuine hope.
Every tunnel, no matter how dark, has a light at the end when Christ is involved, even if this cannot be perceived at the time. Back in the day, as a young man, I had strong atheistic views and consistently believed the Bible to be a load of rubbish right up until the time I read it. This aggressive and confrontational approach persisted until my mid-twenties when, after a long struggle, God immediately answered my ‘exploratory prayer’ to convert my best friend, Bill Collins, who was living in California at the time. Audrie, who was less feisty than me when it came to spiritual matters, also experienced a fairly dramatic conversion to Christ in her mid-twenties, although her encounter came out of a place of despair rather than comfort.”
About Author

Graham is a retired civil engineer and although this is his first actual book (assuming a bound MSc dissertation doesn’t count), the fact that he has produced numerous related reports means that he is very used to writing English, albeit in a somewhat different genre. In addition, Graham’s work as an expert witness for various clients, including Railtrack/ Network Rail has honed his research and summarising skills. Finally, this book has enabled me to periodically indulge my penchant for writing humour, which has thus far been limited to speech-making.
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“I have an undergraduate degree and masters in law. However, the thing that qualifies me most to write creatively is the hunger God has placed inside of my heart to know Jesus more. Any spark of creativity or eloquence inside of me is merely the product of a glimpse of him within the pages of the greatest book ever written, the Bible. As he favours me with revelation of who he is, I find myself falling deeply in love with Jesus and desiring to muster up every ounce of creativity inside of me to tell his story to this world. My passion is to reach a world which desperately needs to know him with the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ.” – Grace Sullivan
Ali Ansarifar was born in 1955 in Persia and has been living in the UK for the last 45 years. He has published over 130 technical research papers in peer reviewed international journals and contributed chapters to scientific books. He has been a member of the editorial board of numerous scientific journals and has been awarded prizes for his scientific publications. He is a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy.
Writing has always been part of my life, between the demands and joys of work and bringing up as family. As a speech and language therapist I have a number of professional publications, as well as poetry and plays. I am also a Methodist lay preacher, so perhaps fifty years of writing sermons could be added to the list. – Rosi Morgan-Barry
Extract from the book
The Holy Spirit qualifies me to write these narratives I have been a Christian for many years and always enjoyed the written word. Since the loss of my husband, I have, like so many others, have more time on my hands, which has led me to writing what I believe are God Truths which He has laid on my heart. I live alone, in Kent, and have five grown up children. I lived in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) until I came to England as a young woman, intending to go home, but met my husband to be, so that ruled out those plans! (Man’s heart may plan his way, but the Lord directs his steps. Proverbs 16:9.)! – Mary Marriott
