Consumed By Your Poison (Re-Issue + Bonus 2022)

This is a baby-boomer book, a non-fiction, memoir involving a journey which resulted in unexpected personal growth and helped the author adapt to retirement.

Dr Frances Black's "retirement gap year" was in a sense, a gift from her 29-year-old son, who decided buy a yacht in Germany and sail it back home to Australia. Not as keen as her husband for extended sailing time on their son's yacht, she formulated a plan to live in Spain and learn Spanish. As problems surfaced, she found she had to abandon her well-laid plans and find new ones. She discovered her unusual journey helped her gain new skills, which she hopes will help her adapt to her new phase in life. The book is based on a blog she kept during this period.

She is a retired general practitioner, who has written extensively for both the medical and lay media.