Community News: Humans in the Extreme 
Paul’s latest guest in his continuing list of inspirational local authors told a story both of tragedy and courage to an avid audience packed into the comfortable Folio Lounge on Saturday.
Although Jane Amalda Hind was born in North London, her parents originate from a small fishing village called Cleggan on the West coast of Ireland. The area holds much appeal for artists and poets, the most notable being Richard Murphy, but it is also etched in tragedy. One night in October 1927 in the centre of probably the most severe storm ever experienced in the area 45 local fishermen lost their lives. It was named ‘The Cleggan Bay Disaster’. Out of the melee only one boat and its crew, steered by a courageous captain called Festus Feeney, safely made the return journey to the village.
This fisherman’s brave, unselfish act amid suffering and loss has resonated all the more with Jane because Festus was her grandfather. His incredible bravery has taught her that where it might be easy to be selfless in normal everyday life, the challenge is when we are up against the odds, and prompted her to write her new book, ‘Humans in the Extreme’. Her grandfather’s act of bravery and his attitude to persist in continuing to tackle the elements and bring his crew to safety has dramatically orientated her career. Prior to becoming a psychotherapist, Jane launched her life into nursing, supporting and navigating patients and their families through often life-changing traumas.
Over the years she has worked with both victims and the perpetrators of physical and sexual violence, which she has witnessed surging in recent years, offering clinical support to the latter in an attempt to reduce further offending.
Jane’s new publication, which is available at Bow Books in Royston and is already receiving five star reviews, moves beyond the doorstep of her native subject of psychology and explores the other influencing factors that can sway the human condition and aires a more comprehensive “take” on the concept of extreme.
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