Alberta Sequeira: Author, Speaker and Instructor
Alberta H. Sequeira was born in Pocasset, MA. Her father, Albert L. Gramm, was a One Star Brigadier General in the Army, and she spent her childhood in various towns across the different states traveling. She lives in Rochester, MA with her husband, Al.
She is the author of her first memoir, A Healing Heart; A Spiritual Renewal (2006). Her book is in the process of being re-published by Riverhaven Book Publishing Company with the new title A Spiritual Renewal; A Journey to Medjugorje by the end of January 2012. It’s about her relationship with her father, Brigadier General, Albert L Gramm, and her spiritual changes after his death. Miracles take her on a ten day pilgrimage to Medjugorje a tiny, remote village in Bosnia where she witnessed four of six visionaries having apparitions with The Blessed Mother.
June 19, 2009, her second memoir, Someone Stop This Merry-Go-Round; An Alcoholic Family in Crisis (2009), was self-published by Infinity Publishing. Its about the authors young marriage with two daughters that turned to fear, confusion and abuse from her alcoholic husband. The sequel Please, God, Not Two; This Killer Called Alcoholism (2010) is the continuation of their lives, and the story follows her daughter, Lori Cahill, going down the same destructive path as her father. Riche died in 1985 at forty-five years of age and Lori died in 2006 at the age of thirty-nine from the same alcohol addiction. Lori’s name was added to her father’s gravestone and put to rest with him.
REVIEW: Truth in every page
By meme – This review is from: Someone Stop This Merry-Go-Round: An Alcoholic Family in Crisis (Paperback)
I have been unable to read a complete book for the last 8 years and this one I couldn’t put down. Not only is it an easy read but anyone who has been in an alcoholic marriage will find comfort in this. This is not a self help book but it gives you the realization that someone else has felt exactly what you felt and you were not crazy.
REVIEW: Highly recommended by William R. Potter for Reader’s Choice Book Reviews
Please God, Not Two works as a stand alone, however I recommend you read it and the prequel together to obtain full effect of this poignant story. This is a candid look into alcoholism. Sequeira makes no excuses for herself or for her daughter. She writes with the best of intentions–to help others struggling to save a family member caught in the relentless grip of this disease. The information is well presented and Sequeira’s experiences are described with a desperate honesty that will have you reaching for tissues in many scenes. Direct links to purchases all books are below.
Alberta is a co-founder of Authors Without Borders and co-authored with their book Loose Ends. She is a co-host to the NBTV-95 Cable TV Station from New Bedford, Massachusetts. Ms. Seuqiera has been interviewed on numerous Cable TV Shows, radio blogs, and newspapers. She also teaches a three hour workshop in “Bring Your Manuscript to Publication.” Ms. Sequeira presents a talk on “The Effect of Alcoholism to the Whole Family” to private and public locations. She also offers a talk on “My Spiritual Changes Within” after her trip to Medjugorje.
See her full bio and media appearances at www.albertasequeira.com or email her at memoirs@albertasequeira.com.
