Judi: What was the thing you were least prepared for? Sarah Jane Butfield: Good morning Anne, I have been a Registered General Nurse for 27 years and have worked in pretty much all the disciplines over the years. Sarah Jane Butfield: As much as you think you have researched and prepared for going to live in a multi-cultural town with a high population of indigenous people the reality is totally different.Ĭherry Gregory: What aspects of the outback did you find the most surprising? What a fascinating life you have lead – what type of nursing did you do before your great adventures? Outback Australia must have been amazing…and quite a shock after living in the UK!Īnne: Good morning Sarah – I have not read your book yet – but you are on my list 🙂 I have just retired so it will be sooner rather than later. I am now living in South West France.Ĭherry Gregory: Sounds very interesting. Sarah Jane Butfield: It’s about the struggles we endured to leave the UK and migrate to outback Australia, and our experiences that followed.

Here’s the link, and thanks for answering our questions, Sarah! Ĭherry Gregory: Hi Sarah! Great to see you in the Spotlight.Ĭherry Gregory: I haven’t looked at your book yet (but I will do!) I take it it’s about Australia. Glass Half Full: Our Australian adventure was her debut travel memoir, but she is also a published freelance magazine journalist and blogger, in the healthcare and writing arenas. In addition to her travel memoirs, she is currently working on a series of books for debut self published authors.Welcome to today’s author, Sarah Jane Butfield, whose fascinating new memoir, Glass Half Full, has recently been published.

She is now an International Best Selling author of three travel memoirs set in Australia and France Sarah Jane, the roving Florence Nightingale, fulfilled her childhood dream of becoming a nurse and went on to use her nursing and later teaching qualifications to take her around the world. Married three times with four children, three stepchildren and two playful Australian Cattle dog's she an experienced modern day mum to her 'Brady bunch', but she loves every minute of their convoluted lives. Sarah Jane is a wife, mother, ex-qualified nurse and now an Internationally published author. Author Sarah Jane Butfield was born in Ipswich, and raised in rural Suffolk, UK.

Glass Half Full by Sarah Jane Butfield