After receiving his Master of Fine Arts in painting and drawing in the mid-eighties, William Mansfield spent the next 30 years focusing on his visual art rather than his writing. Mansfield’s way of looking at the world and his art changed abruptly in 2013, when his beloved wife suffered a horrific experience. William turned to writing as a way of coping and chronicling the profound struggles that ensued. Mansfield and his wife live in a house they love and in a neighborhood they adore as they journey through the long process of rebuilding their lives. The Scar Dance is his... Read More
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The Most Beautiful Place In Hell
October 28, 2020
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A memoir about overcoming bullying.
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William Mansfield
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Summary
The Most Beautiful Place In Hell is a memoir about bullying that the author suffered during his early adolescence, in the mid-1970s. It describes physical, verbal, and emotional abuse, which adults were often unaware of. The book chronicles Mansfield’s young adulthood and his early relationships, which were often troubled and were influenced by his bullying experience. The long term impacts of bullying are emphasized, as well as the continued prevalence of bullying in the present day. There is a dialogue about bullying today which did not exist when the author grew up. The author’s sincere hope is that this memoir can make a positive contribution to that dialogue.
This is William Mansfield’s second book for Eckhartz Press. He also wrote the novel The Scar Dance, a finalist for Chicago Writer’s Association Book of the Year in the Indy Fiction category.