I Only Know Happy People

“What a relentlessly interesting life. The stepfather who went mad, the romances, the depression, the return home to the foreign country of New Zealand – all of it and more told directly and very honestly. An engrossing read.”
—Steve Braunias, author and journalist

“A birth father who turns out to be a myth, a mother who turns out to be a Dame … Sarah Beck’s compelling, briskly devastating memoir charts the curses and blessings involved in surviving, sometimes only just, your family.”
—Diana Wichtel, author of Driving to Treblinka: A long search for a lost father

“At times raw, at times incredibly illuminating, Sarah opens a private window into her journey through the minefield of emotions and truths in the field of psychology. Sarah stands back, then with her powerful and intuitive mind, takes us into her inner journey of abandonment and eventual self-discovery. Powerful and incredibly revealing, a journey of healing.”
—Danny Te Rakai Watson, former TV and radio presenter