Beryl Singleton Bissell The Scent of God

Surviving Ophelia: Mothers Share Their Wisdom in Navigating the Tumultuous Teenage Years

Beryl's essay, "Seven Years in Hell," was published in Surviving Ophelia shortly before her 24-year-old daughter Francesca's unresolved death in 2001.

"The contributors are women who have tried to do their best, even when that wasn't always enough." Publishers Weekly

My Work

BOOKS
The Scent of God: A Memoir
The collision of human love and faith
ESSAY
Return to the Monastery
While writing The Scent of God
ANTHOLOGY
Surviving Ophelia
"Seven Years in Hell"
SHORT STORIES
The White Taxi
An Italian taxi driver teaches his younger brother, a priest, to drive in 1940s Rome