Book excerpt: Able to see spirits, or Spirit People, at an early age, Marcia’s first work is a memoir of her early years and of her longtime spirit companion, Sammy. Telling a story set in Bonnybridge, Scotland, in the 1950s, Marcia paints a vivid picture of growing up in a family of ten, in which it was natural for her to have playmates that her family sometimes couldn’t see. Much of her early life would later set the stage for her successful career as a medium. Marcia recounts raucous adventures with her friends and family—accidentally becoming the leader of a girl fight gang, enduring a mishap with hair rollers, coming into early adulthood, and working through school—all with a mischievous best friend who had a habit of playing pranks and of being unseen! Through it all, Marcia spins her story with frank, honest humour and a refreshingly grounded perspective.