Lisa Finn Powell – Author, columnist & feature writer

Author

Author of the recent memoir 'The Thin Time'

'The Thin Time’, is a journey through grief after the death of her first husband, Paul, in 2005. Almost overnight, she went from being a lawyer’s wife and mother of four young children, to a penniless, homeless, widow forced to navigate an uncertain future. Funny and heartbreaking, it is a brutally honest account of her struggle with anger, pain, shame, paranoia, forgiveness and love.

Columnist

Humour columnist for newspaper and magazine

Her work has been published on-line and in newspapers and magazines in several countries. Her parenting and travel columns have appeared in the Daily Chronicle, DeKalb, Illinois, USA and the Green Parent magazine in the UK. She currently writes a local history column 'Looking Back' for the District Gazette in Sydney. Check out some of her columns here.

Feature Writer

Journalist, reporter and feature writer

She primarily writes lifestyle and human interest pieces with a focus on parenting, travel, art, grief, education, birth and immigration. As a reporter, she has covered everything from the Pier Walk sculpture exhibition in Chicago to the 7/7 London bombing and currently is editor of 'The Arms Chronicle' of the Nepean District Historical Society. See some of her articles here.

The Thin Time – on tour across the US and UK

Check Lisa's author page on facebook for dates, times and locations!
The Thin Time will be available for purchase online once the book tour is over.

Lisa Finn Powell was the mother of four young children when her world unraveled after the death of her husband from a mysterious toxic brain injury. To her shock, she discovered that they did not have any life insurance, mortgage protection or money in the savings account and were heavily in debt.

The Thin Time is an unflinchingly raw account of a journey through grief across three continents. As she struggled to redefine herself, build a new life for her family and come to terms with the way in which he died, she discovered a way to reconcile the unpredictability of life and death, by accepting whichever way the wind blows. Her moving story of loss, fear, forgiveness and nature, will give hope to those who read it.

Reviews…

Great read – it is rare for me to read something in one go. Incredible story and very relative to all of us who experience the ebbs and flows of life.

Powerful piece of work of a life lived and living. ‘Her-story’ resonated with me, of a loved one taken before their time.

She has woven a story of grief and loss that leads to hope. Beautiful!

The Thin Time