Born in High Wycombe, England, into a strong Catholic family, Chental is the second youngest of nine girls. She met her husband Trevor at the age of fifteen and was married at nineteen. After thirty-one years of marriage and twenty-eight years of being in the family business she decided that there must be “more.” As a wife and mother she realized that somewhere in between both roles she had left part of herself behind and needed to find it again. Today she lives on Salt Spring Island, BC, with her husband. This is her first book; she decided she couldn’t keep what she had learnt on her journey to herself and knew it was her responsibility to share her story.