BETRAYAL. GRIEF. METH ADDICTION. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. REDEMPTION. KIWI MEMOIR: ASHTON WYLIE FINALIST.

Sitting in prison on charges including kidnapping, guns, drugs and counterfeiting wasn’t what Janet Balcombe had in mind for her life.

Her life had become a psychotic hybrid of Breaking Bad and Paranormal Activity. There had to be a divine intervention or things were just not going to end well. How did a country girl from a decent family become a hardcore Meth-addict? What would you do if you were visited by a demon with a deadly agenda? Janet’s quest to find her true identity and the meaning of life took her to the very brink of death and hell. It nearly killed her but Janet got her answers... insight into true spiritual power, treasures found in the darkness, and real answers about life.

Finalist in the Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Literary Awards 2015 (previous edition, Take a Walk on the Wild Side)

READER REVIEWS:
“This book has the power to change a generation. What an encouraging book! Please understand how far reaching this book is and how encouraging it is for parents like us who love their troubled child so much and to actually know there is someone who knows how we feel.” -Sally Strathdee

“Janet Balcombe is one of those rare New Zealand indie-authors who has recently come out of left field, waving a metaphorical flag, commanding attention with a gutsy memoir, and an uncrushable Christian faith. The Wild Side is her true story, a coming-of-age memoir of life in the dark side, of the events that almost killed her: drug addiction, prison, toxic relationships, redemption. There are paranormal events, fear, and spiritual awakening, love and family. Janet is a brave writer. She obviously has been to hell and back. The Wild Side wouldn’t have been an easy book to write, and yet Janet’s eyes sparkle and she smiles readily and warmly. She is a survivor. Her story is a well written page turner.” -Freelance Magazine, Dec 2016

Janet’s website, media and blog: janetbalcombe.com

Format: Paperback | 256 b&w pages
Dimensions: 148 x 210 x 14mm | 337g
ISBN13: 978-0-473-36621-6
Publisher: Wild Side Publishing
Publication Date: March 2016
Publication country: New Zealand