In Sickness, in Health... and in Jail: What Happened When My Husband Unexpectedly Went to Prison for Two...

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Mel Jacob

In Sickness, in Health... and in Jail

What Happened When My Husband Unexpectedly Went to Prison for Two Years

Mel Jacob

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English

Allen & Unwin
24 August 2016

Memoirs; Offenders; Family & relationships; Biography - Australian

After fourteen years of marriage, Mel Jacob's life looked as perfect as the roses perched above her white picket fence. The nice house in the suburbs, two great kids, a good husband. Until her life took an unexpected detour when her seemingly saintly husband was jailed for two years. In Sickness, in Health... and in Jail follows Mel's funny, moving and insightful journey as she navigates single parenthood, prison visitations and nosy neighbours. Mel's revealing account is the story of the family left behind. It chronicles the grief, the stigma and the conversational minefields of her husband's whereabouts, as well as the logistical problems of making a baby sibling for her two children, and why it's not appropriate to tell people that Daddy's in jail. This is a funny and touching account of grief and love and forgiveness...

By: Mel Jacob
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 410g
ISBN: 9781925267310
ISBN 10: 1925267318
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 24 August 2016
Recommended Age: From
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mel Jacob is an experienced journalist and scriptwriter. Her journalism has been published in The Good Weekend, Sunday Life, The Brisbane Times, The Adelaide Advertiser, Radio National, Kidspot, MCA and The Australian Museum. She was a finalist for Best Comedy Riverina Short Film Festival 2004, Ford Mummy Blogger 2009 and 2010, winner of the first ever blogging competition at MotherInc 2009. In 2011 her manuscript Mother of the Year was short-listed for the Harper Collins Manuscript Development Award.

Reviews for In Sickness, in Health... and in Jail: What Happened When My Husband Unexpectedly Went to Prison for Two Years

Mel Jacob's book is about love, loss, grief, forgiveness - and truth. * Sydney Morning Herald * Jacob's sense of humour lightens an otherwise sad and unenviable situation and the characters come out as likeable folk doing the best they can during scary and uncertain years. * Weekly Times * A revealing story about raising a family with busybody neighbours and the stigma of having a husband in jail. * Yours *