Donna Stewart's family is poor but respectable and hard working. Donna is beautiful and clever - about to go up to university. Celebrating her exam results with her friends at a club, she meets Danny Lester, 10 years older, much richer, a businessman - he sweeps her off her feet. But it gradually emerges that he is a criminal and a sadist.
In the heart of London lies a tight-knit community of families. In the sweltering heat, Grace Ballantyne leaves her son Adam playing in his toy car in the garden. When she returns, she finds the door to the car open and her is nowhere in sight. As Grace frantically searches, panic creeps in and so the nightmare begins.
Jenny was one of the five children, her childhood was spent in squalor and terror. Her father's violent beatings, humiliations, and sexual abuse were part of daily life. Deprived of love and comforts, the children would turn to each other for support. This is a childhood memoir of abuse and a true story of the triumph of the human spirit.
The harrowing sequel to number-one-bestselling BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. A top 10 bestseller in hardback, Jenny and her sister Kim tell the shocking story of an abusive relationship, teenage pregnancy, and their brother's early death.
The number one bestselling author of BEHIND CLOSED DOORS and SILENT SISTERS, Jenny Tomlin, brings us her own -- and other -- stories of surviving abuse
A sequel to Behind Closed Doors , this book tells the story of Jenny and her sister Kim - abusive marriage, teenage pregnancy, and their brother's early death.
It is the summer of 1976, the hottest summer on record.In the heart of London's bustling East End lies a tight-knit community of families. They lead a very traditional way of life, the men are down the pub, the women are gossiping at the toddler group in the working men's club and the children stay out late in the long summer evenings, playing in the park and roaming the streets carefree. In the s
Donna Stewart's family is poor but respectable and hard working. Donna is beautiful and clever - about to go up to university. Celebrating her exam results with her friends at a club, she meets Danny Lester, ten years older, a businessman - he sweeps her off her feet. Despite warnings from friends and family, Donna enjoys Danny's wild streak.
It is the summer of 1976, the hottest summer on record.In the heart of London's bustling East End lies a tight-knit community of families. They lead a very traditional way of life, the men are down the pub, the women are gossiping at the toddler group in the working men's club and the children stay out late in the long summer evenings, playing in the park and roaming the streets carefree. In the s