Sally Asling is author of Appreciating Angels: Sarah's Story and Weightless: Sarah's Journals.
Having graduated with an Honours degree in Drama and Combined Studies, Sally spent several years working in corporate life before deciding to set up her own business and dedicate more time to her son and her husband. Sally lives on the edge of the Surrey Hills with her family and dogs.
Sally's inspiration to write her first book Appreciating Angels: Sarah's Story stemmed from her own experience of eating disorders and from then meeting a brave young woman called Sarah, who had been through a range of moving personal experiences. Sarah was unable to tell her story personally because of the effect it would have on the people involved, so Sally agreed to tell her story for her. Appreciating Angels Sarah's Story is the first book in the series of books that complete the Biography of Sarah Lamb
Through Sally's dedication and commitment to ensuring this story was heard, 'Appreciating Angels: Sarah's Story' was published in May 2010 and Weighless published in November 2011, the third in the trilogy is due out in 2013
Appreciating Angels: Sarah's Story is a harrowing, yet heart-warming true story of Sarah's life, transitioning from an adolescent teen to a young woman. Sarah's experiences of a brutal gang rape which she felt had to be kept a secret lead to a spiral of self destructive behavior bought on by a low sense of self esteem. As a result Sarah falls into a cycle of self harming, anorexia, bulimia and struggles with issues around self worth, self confidence and sexuality.
Appreciating Angels: Sarah's Story gives valuable insight into how the world can look to someone suffering from these terrible afflictions and is written in the hope of preventing others from going down the same route that Sarah did.
Sally believes that through telling Sarah's story, she is able to remind to us all that challenges are placed in our paths to help us grow and evolve. Along the way, if we listen and pay attention, we are never far from guides and angels and true love.
Weightless; Sarah's Journals will take you from laugh out loud funny to the edge of your seat in despair as Sarah takes you on her "journey to wellness".
Having suffered from various forms of eating disorders since her teens and currently suffering from obesity and bulimia, Sarah embarks on a personal "journey to wellness" to address the emotional crux behind her eating disordered thinking with the determination to become fit and healthy, both mentally and physically.
The journey is at times hilariously funny and is peppered with Sarah's quirky humour that can quickly turn to despair as she delves into self analysis battling the powerful emotions and psychology of the disordered mind as she battles bulimia and obesity, making insightful discoveries along the way.
