Won't You Love Me?: Unloved as a girl, abused as a woman - the true
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.
Author: Toni Maguire
Format: Paperback, 320 pages, 129mm x 198mm, 236 g
Published: 2022, John Blake Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Autobiography: General
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.