Tommys Girl: Stories of the High Country…Stories of my Life…

TOMMYS GIRL…Lee Taylor-Friend - ‘The Poet from Snowy River’ - is a Mother, poet, writer, group facilitator/support worker and remedial massage therapist living in the picturesque Snowy Mountains region of Australia with her husband, two sons and a menagerie of animals. She also creates and presents writing and poetry workshops where she shares her love of the written word and passion for ‘writing as therapy’. Lee has been widely published, won several awards, has a popular monthly column in the Snowy River Echo. She volunteers her time for a variety of community events, local committees and causes. ‘Tommys Girl’ shares some inspirational stories of our Men and Women of the Australian ‘High Country’ as well as the authors reflections and observations of the iconic ‘Snowy Mountains’ written as ‘rhyming’ or ‘Bush’ poetry - a great Australian tradition. Lee has dedicated this collection of verse to her Father - the late Thomas ‘Tommy’ Friend.