Memoirs of a Wren is a poignant, sometimes funny, sometimes sad tale of growing up in a dysfunctional household in the eighties, in South Africa. It is a search for the child, Jen-Wren, who disconnected herself from the trauma of abuse and alcoholism in order to survive it. It is proof that hope in the face of dysfunction and loss is key to overcoming it. Life makes sense in stories - that's why we tell them, and in the telling, in the remembering is where healing is to be found.