Survivor - From childhood abuse to a life of crime and prostitution

Informationen zum Autor Tara O'Shaughnessey was abused as a child and later fell into a life of crime and prostitution. She is now a university graduate and counsellor, and has dedicated her life to helping ‘fallen women’, walking the streets of cities in South Wales in search of the homeless and down-and-outs. She buys them food and clothes and tries to help them back into society. Tara would like her book to be a source of inspiration to women (and men) who have lost their way in the world, something they can find hope and a way forward from reading. Klappentext Tara O'Shaughnessey was abused as a child and later fell into a life of crime and prostitution. She is now a university graduate and counsellor, and has dedicated her life to helping ¿fallen women¿, walking the streets of cities in South Wales in search of the homeless and down-and-outs. She buys them food and clothes and tries to help them back into society. Tara would like her book to be a source of inspiration to women (and men) who have lost their way in the world, something they can find hope and a way forward from reading. Zusammenfassung As a teenager, desperate to escape the toxic environment at home, she fled to London – but was swiftly drawn into working as a prostitute. She became involved with some of London’s most notorious gangsters – even marrying one – but when she realised the danger she was inflicting on her children, she knew she had to find a way to get out.

Product details

• Authors: Tara O’Shaughnessey, Tara O’Shaugnessey, Tara O'Shaughnessey, Tara O'Shaugnessey, Tara Shanie
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781785039263
• ISBN: 978-1-78503-926-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Autobiography: general, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse, Child welfare, Child welfare and youth services, Child abuse