My Exquisite Purple Life: Insights from a Woman Who Never Should Have Made It but Did.

by Aideen T. Finnola

Author Aideen T. Finnola never should have made it but she did. At the age of eight, her parents joined a religious cult. For the next fifteen years, she endured physical, emotional, and religious abuse. After leaving the cult, Aideen went straight into a twenty-year abusive marriage with a duplicitous man who concealed his homosexual orientation from her. By her mid-thirties, the lifetime of abuse and love deprivation caught up with her. She had become a pack-a-day smoker, daily drinker, chronically overweight, had had two extra-marital affairs, and was on a high dose of anti-depressants because she had seriously contemplated suicide more than once. Today, Aideen is healthy, happy, and whole.
In My Exquisite Purple Life , Aideen shares poignant stories from her challenging life. She imparts the wisdom and insights she has gained from her experiences and through healing her trauma. Her optimistic, encouraging, and even humorous take on her own struggles offers inspiration and hope to all. She provides practical tools and relatable techniques to effect healing, personal growth, and transformation.

222 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 15, 2018

Reviews

[Jacqueline · Rating 4 out of 5]

A moving book, autobiographical of Aideens life of abuse physical and emotional by her parents, religion and her spouse.
It is intelligently written, some parts of it will test your beliefs.
After Aideens marriage comes to an end, once she outs her husband as a closet gay, after twenty years of marriage, Aideen decides to live her life for her.
The stories within the book are truthful and are what happened to Aideen, she even analyses her treatment by her parents from newly born, as her Mother almost starved her to death, at just a few weeks old.
It is a fascinating insight to a very strong lady who is to be admired for the way she has changed her life around.