CAP supporter's life story becomes an inspiring book

The book is Cathy McCormack’s inspiring story of how a strong spirit and refusal to accept what is given can release energy and creativity for individuals and their communities.

For those "trapped in a toxic mixture of economic circumstance and bad politics", life can be hard. Yet, as Cathy McCormack’s story shows, finding your voice is the first step in the journey to making a better world.

She lifts the lid on the forces that affect people’s daily lives and spills the beans on the machinations of those in power.

The book is both social history and a critical analysis of the
economic, psychological world war waged against the poor under
Thatcher, New Labour and American administrations. It is already
being considered as essential reading in universities in the field of
poverty, health inequalities, critical community psychology,
community development, economics, popular education and
environmental sustainability.

Cathy McCormack lives in Easterhouse, Glasgow. A long-term campaigner on housing, health, poverty and the environment, she is widely known as a social commentator. An inspiring speaker, her writings and broadcasts have received international acclaim.

She was assisted in writing the book by Marian Pallister, who  worked on Glasgow’s Evening Times and Herald for many years.

Cathy McCormack is an inspiring speaker and is available for conferences and workshops. Email her here.

You can order The Wee Yellow Butterfly online, or email Argyll Publishing.

"...uproariously funny, while dealing with some of the most serious issues we face as a species today. A rare book in which an authentic local voice attempts to understand the connection between local and global poverty ... unflinchingly seeking the truth as only one who has nothing to fear can. Read it."
Customer review at Amazon

"This is no fluttery flight through life ... It details a life journey from
Easterhouse Glasgow to the UN via Nicaragua and South Africa (with a hilarious stop at the Vatican). An antidote to worthy or dry academic analyses of poverty and the ecological and humanitarian crisis that affect us all."
Customer review at Amazon

"This is a story of a generation fighting for survival ... despair that such a story must be told, must be lived. This book, given the chance, can help make the world a better place’
Customer review at Amazon 

"Cathy courageous – the rebel who wouldn’t be silenced."
Sunday Post, May 2009

"She’d spent 25 years fighting official indifference ... but finally her work received recognition."
BBC Radio Scotland thought for the day, April 2009

"Cathy McCormack campaigns to help victims of global poverty."
Daily Record, April 2009

"A marvellous book."
Bob Holman, The Herald Society, April 2009

"Fighting the war without bullets – Cathy McCormack made her name standing up for Glasgow’s poor."
The Herald, April 2009

"We must tackle poverty in Glasgow, says activist."
Evening Times, April 2009