Books published by publisher Osborne Books Ltd

Part memoir, part social history, "Growing Up Weird" is a compelling work of nonfiction with a strong narrative that reads like a novel. Liz Maxwell Forbes writes with raw honesty about her troubling behaviour as she struggles to find her way through the stifling aspirations of a society that existed in Oak Bay during the 1940’s and 1950’s. At times humorous with glimmers of hope, Forbes takes the reader on a nostalgic journey of resilience and love.“People seeing us on those outings probably had a warm, fuzzy feeling about us. On the surface, we looked like the perfect family: the pretty, young mother; the kind-looking father, both obviously caring and intelligent; the well-behaved and polite preteen girl with thick wavy hair and a ready smile; the small, blue-eyed daughter with dark curls and a winsome manner, and our four-legged companion, Pippa, the English cocker spaniel. We looked like the perfect family—and we should have been, but for the underlying, unseen, and pervasive tension that wound its way into my stomach, my heart, and my nightmares, creating anxiety that I could only escape from by going away.”