A true story which rejoices in the closeness of family and working-class values, but is shocking in its brutal honesty as the author struggles towards the light at the end of a very dark tunnel. She dispenses with any frills in this enshrinement of ordinary, everyday lives as she fights to escape a controlling, abusive marriage without destroying the lives of her three young sons.
A very powerful book which takes you on Ann's journey from her childhood growing up in a loving family, until marrying on the rebound and finding herself in an abusive, controlling marriage, then having to make a heartbreaking decision to save her and her young families sanity. A roller-coaster ride which you can't put down. Highly recommended.