Mary Wright Author

Mary Wright · New Zealand author

There are stories you understand only after you have lived through them.

A Powerful Obsession is Mary Wright’s fictionalised memoir—a record of trust, control and the long road towards seeing an experience clearly.

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Why this story exists

What could not be understood in the moment was written down.

Experience came first. Perspective came later. The notes Mary kept became the foundation of a book that brings hidden patterns into view without pretending that recognition is simple.

Mary’s purpose is simpler: to give her experience a lasting place to be understood — and perhaps help another reader recognise something they have struggled to explain.

A private record became a public act of recognition.

A Powerful Obsession, a fictionalised memoir by Mary Wright

Fictionalised memoir

A Powerful
Obsession

A relationship once believed to be safe becomes the beginning of a prolonged struggle with control, fear and financial destruction.

Told through the distance of a fictionalised memoir, Mary’s book confronts how harm can remain unseen while it is unfolding—and why speaking about it matters.

Format
Paperback
Length
316 pages
ISBN
9780473691431
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The woman behind the story

Mary Wright chose to turn what she lived through into a story that could help others recognise what she once could not.

Mary is a New Zealand writer and the author of A Powerful Obsession. Her public profile with the New Zealand Society of Authors identifies the work as a fictionalised memoir.

The book took two decades to bring to publication. Its presence now is deliberate: a story once held in notes, shaped so it could be read, considered and remembered.

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Independent perspective

“The story here is brilliant.”

Brooke Garratt · Reedsy Discovery
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Literary profile

New Zealand Society of Authors

Mary has a public author profile with Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa · PEN NZ.

04The conversation continues

Beyond the book

One book can remain the centre of a much wider conversation.

Mary’s article, future commentary, interviews and other published work can live here alongside A Powerful Obsession — giving readers a reason to return to the story and continue the conversation.

Beyond the page

Before a story is understood, it must first make someone stop.

A short cinematic trailer could introduce the emotional heart of A Powerful Obsession across social media — giving people a reason to pause, connect with the story and continue here to learn more.

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Recognition begins
with a pause.

A Powerful Obsession by Mary Wright

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Mary Wright’s fictionalised memoir is available in paperback. Follow the verified purchase route from Mary’s current website.

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ISBN 9780473691431