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

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      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 ...

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      Product ID:9781785039263
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Survivor
      Subtitle:From childhood abuse to a life of crime and prostitution
      Authors:Author: Tara O’Shaughnessey
      Page Count:352
      Subjects:Autobiography: general, Autobiography: general, Memoirs, Child abuse, Child welfare and youth services, Memoirs, Child abuse, Child welfare
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      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.

      Victim. Prostitute. Gangster’s Wife. Survivor.

      Tara grew up in squalor on the island of Alderney. When she was only four, she was sexually abused by one of her mother’s many lovers, a horror that continued for five long years. 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.

      This is the inspiring story of one woman’s will to survive, and to fight for a better life.


      Imprint Name:Ebury Press
      Publisher Name:Ebury Publishing
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2019-07-11

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      Weight246 g
      Dimensions198 × 133 × 20 mm