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Scarlett Jensen
This is a story based on true life happenings of Alice who lived in the black hole of sexual abuse, crime and punishment. The book gave the Scarlett Jensen a means of expression wh...view moreThis is a story based on true life happenings of Alice who lived in the black hole of sexual abuse, crime and punishment. The book gave the Scarlett Jensen a means of expression while she climbed into the skin of Alice. She mixed with Alice’s blood to bring this reality to light. While writing the book, she lived in Alice’s skin in that prison cell.
The author lives in South Africa. She graduated from the University of Pretoria and majored in Psychology, Sociology and Criminology. In the course of her 27 years of public administration in the South African government service, she gained top level administrative and managerial qualifications and experience in human resources. As government officer she was involved in the compilation and processing of legislation, cabinet memoranda and procedure manuals while being occupied in the management and promotion of education, arts, culture, language, science and technology. Before her retirement from the public service in 1999, she was also involved in the compilation of an English Technical Language Dictionary for Human Resources and Public Administration for South Africa’s National Terminology Services.
In 1999 she completed her International Course in Aesthetics and Body Therapy specializing in Swedish massage and reflexology. For her dissertation she wrote a study guide for the practice of Aesthetics and Body Therapies in a clinical situation. As a health and beauty specialist, principal and lecturer, she managed her own clinic and school until 2010.
The author’s mother tongue is Italian which enabled her to scrutinize Italian literature and also present real life experiences of women in jail in Italy. For the past three years, she is a freelance writer living near Cape Town in the Western Cape, South Africa. It was during this period that she became acquainted with the story of Alice which was related to her in her professional capacity.view less