Jennifer Barraclough: 13 books

In September 2015, Jennifer Barraclough’s husband collapsed from a heart attack and almost died. While this event was devastating enough, it proved to be only the first of a whole series of medical and surgical emergencies affecting her family and herself over the next four months. The first part...

Iris is leaving the English winter to take a holiday in the New Zealand sunshine, with the intention of completing her recovery from a serious illness and making amends for a shameful episode in her past. But the shock of a sudden death, the shadow of an old love affair, and the onset of ominous new...

England, July 2007. An old man lying in his hospital bed is haunted by memories of serving with RAF Bomber Command in World War Two. Meanwhile back in his country home, the long shadows of his wartime trauma lead to rising tension among the two younger couples who are marooned indoors by the floods....

A man dies while swimming off an Auckland beach. Georgina is out walking with her grandson when the rescue helicopter arrives, and becomes involved in the aftermath of the event. Was this man’s death due to natural causes hastened by medical malpractice? Or was it one strand in a complex web of...

Fatal Feverfew is set in an isolated healing retreat in the west of England. Lucia, accompanied by her husband and cat, arrives there to recuperate from a recent illness only to find that she is suspected of poisoning their hostess. Lucia reluctantly takes on the role of detective and, with the help...

How to enjoy the journey to becoming a published author, and cope with challenges such as lack of time for writing, lack of inspiration, negative criticism, and aversion to marketing? Jennifer’s experience as an author of both fiction and non-fiction books, combined with many years of working with...

Were you born with a spiritual purpose? Do you have free will to choose your path through life? How can you best find happiness and fulfillment? This book does not claim to answer these questions, but gives a practical framework for exploring them. The text is illustrated by many true life stories, drawn from interviews and correspondence with about 40 people from New Zealand and the UK.

The Bach flowers are safe natural remedies designed to balance the emotions. Although they do not treat medical conditions directly, they can help to control mental symptoms such as anxiety and physical ones such as pain, also to modify personality traits such as pessimism or impatience which may...

This guide to the 'mind-body-spirit' approach to healing, and overview of the principles of natural therapies, will be of special interest to readers living with long-term medical problems. The author has practiced both as an orthodox doctor and as a holistic healer. Real-life case histories illustrate the text.

This black comedy with serious undertones is set in an English rural general practice during the 1980s. Dr Cyril Peabody, whose application for promotion in hospital medicine has been rejected on the grounds of "personality problems", takes a post as a country doctor. Too arrogant to admit...

Can I help my own recovery by improving my diet, taking more exercise, meditating, having a positive attitude, and reducing my stress levels? Can I use therapies like acupuncture, homoeopathy and herbal medicines as well as drugs and surgery, or even instead of them? Where can I find good information...

These three short novels set in the early 2000s reflect the author’s experience of a life divided between England and New Zealand, the practice of both orthodox and alternative medicine, and interests in animals, music and the paranormal. In "Carmen’s Roses", an Englishwoman visits Auckland...

Camilla, a kindhearted but not entirely competent young doctor, is training to become a psychiatrist. Having fallen under the spell of an enigmatic senior colleague, she is struggling to combine the demands of her job with pursuit of their illicit affair. After one of the patients in her therapy group...