Secrecy and Synchronicity

Secrecy and Synchronicity is Cherie Battista's personal journey along a jagged-edge path, crystallizing hidden truths from her deepest soul. The story, driven by music relevant to the time, weaves through five decades from the early 1960's in Birmingham, England, the Manchester Gay Village, and the gay community of Hebden Bridge.  Through her honest and heartfelt prose, Battista captures her emotional struggle to accept her sexuality, develop her psychic ability and clairvoyance, and ultimately find compassion and acceptance of her past.

Cherie Battista is a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with an MA in creative writing and is currently studying for her PhD in creative writing at the University of Salford. Her interest and passion for writing began in childhood, creating short stories and poetry based on autobiography. She lives in Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire.