Won't You Love Me: Unloved as a girl, abused as a woman the true story of Avas fight for survival, from the No.1 bestseller, for fans of Cathy Glass
By (Author) Toni Maguire
By (author) Ava Thomas
John Blake Publishing Ltd
John Blake Publishing Ltd
5th October 2022
21st July 2022
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
True stories of survival of abuse and injustice
Domestic abuse
362.8292092
Paperback
320
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 18mm
236g
Ava Thomas knew she had hit rock bottom after being helped to a women's refuge with her children. Coming to terms with a relationship dominated by domestic violence, Ava knew leaving was the right decision.
Beaten and manipulated, Ava had been trapped in an abusive relationship with someone who was meant to love her. Listening to the stories of other women in the shelter, Ava began thinking back to where it all started to go wrong. Brought up by a mother who resented her, she ran away to her father and a home she thought might finally be safe. But after being abused by her own brother, she was thrown out onto the streets. Ava started searching for the love she had been missing her whole life, but what she found was another abusive relationship.
Lifted by the strength of the other women in the refuge, she never looked back and has a new life - with her loving children by her side.
Toni Maguire is the author of fourteen books, including her own bestselling memoirs Don't Tell Mummy and When Daddy Comes Home. Telling her own story encouraged others who had kept their childhood secrets hidden to approach her, and she now writes for those who need a voice too.
To date, she has sold over 1.5 million books worldwide. Toni lives in the UK but loves travelling to South Africa often.