Jenny Tomlin staat bekend om haar bestsellers memoires die onbevreesd thema's als misbruik en huiselijk geweld verkennen. Haar schrijven wordt gekenmerkt door rauwe eerlijkheid en een diepgaand vermogen om persoonlijke tragedie om te zetten in krachtige overlevingsverhalen. Tomlin richt zich op vrouwelijke ervaringen en de veerkracht die nodig is om immense ontberingen te overwinnen. Ondanks de vaak duistere thematiek, straalt haar werk uiteindelijk een boodschap van hoop en de blijvende kracht van de menselijke geest uit.
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.
Jenny grew up in a house where no-one was safe. Born one of five children in the East End, her childhood was spent in squalor and terror. Her father's violent beatings, humiliations, and sexual abuse were part of daily life; her mother - also his sexual victim and savagely beaten - was no source of help. Deprived of love and all comforts, the children would turn to each other for support and to the only adult they could trust, Auntie. This is the story of how Jenny, her sister Kim and brother Laurence, not only survived but ultimately transcended the unimaginable degradations heaped on them. With the power of love, cunning, the blackest of black humour and an indestructible self-belief, Jenny eventually broke free of her past.
Celebrating her exam results with her friends at a club, she meets Danny Lester, ten years older, much richer, a businessman - he sweeps her off her feet. Despite warnings from friends and family, Donna enjoys Danny's wild streak. But it gradually emerges that 'Danny the knife' is a dangerous criminal - and a sadist.
It is the summer of 1976, the hottest summer on record. 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.
Als eines von fünf Kindern wächst Jenny in den 60er Jahren im Londoner East End auf. Täglich werden die Kinder vom Vater gedemütigt, geschlagen und sexuell missbraucht. Es gleicht einem Wunder, dass die Geschwister das Elend und Grauen ihrer Kindheit überlebten und daraus selbstbewusst hervorgingen. Mit Mut und schwarzem Humor erzählt Jenny hier die ungeschminkte Wahrheit über ihre Vergangenheit. Eine wahre Geschichte von Missbrauch und ungebrochenem Überlebenswillen