Wow! Five Fat Sausages certainly lived up to its name by taking me on an inspirational wild roller coaster ride from depression to elation, from despair to hope! Pam Wood’s ability to take you alongside her on this journey of struggle, mental health misdiagnosis and traumatic events, whilst keeping her seriously witty and wicked sense of humour still intact, is skillful and creative.
Pam’s unique communication style enables her to express, blend and address her frustrations and exasperations, the really serious heavy stuff and the dark, desperate moments which many readers will empathise with. But she doesn’t leave you lamenting too long, before she lifts you right up to the top of the next rollercoaster with a hearty pelvic floor explosion of laughter! It’s like she is sitting right next to you, relaying her every thought, in a personal and conversational manner that can’t help but form a special bond
with the reader.
It’s a book of hope for those who have trodden similar paths and felt they were unworthy of love. For those who deeply feel that whatever they do, it is never enough. Five Fat Sausages also gives us insight into the realistic journey that many people experience and live with on a daily basis.
From BOBs to green ledgers, from fire alarms to a touch of cheeky bedroom spice, there’s never a dull moment! It’s heartbreaking and heartwarming! I can’t give away any more secrets, you will simply just have to read it for yourself!! — Susan S. Qld, Australia
5 Fat Sausages is a wild, honest and unforgettable journey through the vibrant, chaotic and deeply human experience of living with ADHD, PTSD and the lingering shadows of childhood trauma.
From the very first page, Pam invites you into her world with energy, humour, and raw vulnerability. It’s a breath of fresh air, funny, heartbreaking and fiercely real. This book isn’t just a memoir; it’s a celebration of survival, self-discovery and the messy beauty of mental
health. Pam doesn’t shy away from the hard stuff, she meets it head-on with courage and wit, turning pain into power and chaos into connection.
Pam’s story will resonate with anyone who’s ever felt misunderstood, overwhelmed or weighed down by their past. It’s one of the best reads you’ll ever have, and I know it will impact many people in many different and positive ways.
So, dive in. Enjoy the book. Laugh with her. Cry with her. And most of all, feel every moment she shares. — Lisa D. Vic, Australia
One of the funniest, saddest, open, life-changing books I have read in a very long time.
Pam lays out her life journey for all to see, in all its guises – the good, bad and traumatic. I know that her book resonated with me as I am sure it will for many others.
If you want to read a cracking story about the lows and highs that inevitably follow childhood trauma, mental health challenges and neurodiversity, then you must read this book. It is an irreverent look at how many of us cope with those life challenges and shows that there is always hope even in the darkest moments of our lives. — Karyn W. NSW, Australia.
Pam Wood describes her roller-coaster life with mental illness and neurodivergence in comic/tragic detail. Her comedic voice leads us through a life of struggle with self-doubt and self-sabotage and allows us to laugh and cry with her.
But in the end of an eventful roller-coaster read, we arrive at a place where Pam discovers a sense of self while we have been companions on her adventurous journey. Pam is a unique storyteller softening the hard edges with self-deprecating humour, allowing us to ride the emotional juggernaut in safe hands. Though we get to the end and hope that, after all this self-investigation we have been through with Pam, that she is ok because we have been so
invested in her story. Such is the power of the storytelling. — Sandy J. Vic, Australia
This is the inspiring memoir of a true survivor. The episodes she recounts are frightening and funny in equal measures. Pam’s voice is sure and steady, even in the darkest moments of her very life. This is a lively memoir from a person who has lived an eventful life and is able to share it very effectively with her readers. “FFS!” — Rohan Q. Vic, Australia
I read [Five Fat Sausages] in one day. Not one sitting as I had pesky chores
to do and children to mother, but I started it in the morning and I finished it in the evening.
It was enthralling, Eye-opening. Hilarious. Heart-breaking. It was everything. — Debs B. Qld, Australia
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