Suffering is a natural part of life

As well as sharing her passion for writing, WA’s much-loved Veronica Zundel talks honestly about the deep valleys in her life – including her brother’s death, caring for a child with special needs and facing cancer twice 

I was born in Coventry in 1953. Both my parents were Austrian and met at medical school in Vienna. Just before the Second World War Dad followed Mum to the UK because they were going to get married. Mum was Jewish and her immediate family were killed in the war.