Pat Engebrecht

Pat Engebrecht, as mother of three children, is very much aware of the difficulty of passing through the teenage years into adulthood without too many scars. Kristina is faced with the added burden of a tragic accident the cripples her mother...teacher, friend and confident. Ms. Engebrecht is the author of short stories, poems, non fiction articles and Under The Haystack which was nominated for the Newbery Award. Her most recent work, When Love Is Not Enough Chronicles of LauraJo, is a memoir...See more

Pat Engebrecht, as mother of three children, is very much aware of the difficulty of passing through the teenage years into adulthood without too many scars. Kristina is faced with the added burden of a tragic accident the cripples her mother...teacher, friend and confident. Ms. Engebrecht is the author of short stories, poems, non fiction articles and Under The Haystack which was nominated for the Newbery Award. Her most recent work, When Love Is Not Enough Chronicles of LauraJo, is a memoir of her family's journey with their daughter, LauraJo, through the abyss of ignorance and misdiagnosis of her disease, Borderline Personality Disorder, which ended in suicide in 1987. The book is written from extensive journals kept by LJ throughout her treatment. It includes art, poetry, songs written and sung to those who loved and cared for her throughout her ordeal (CD available at Amazon.com/2024149 See less