Heartfelt creation and performance.

Amazing story of how a person can make it through with determination, inner strength, good friends and deep love. Well written story keeps you guessing.

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Serious but refreshing story

Loved this- thought provoking, full of pathos but also life affirming. Read with skill that only enhanced the book.

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Powerful but heart wrenching.

This book is a powerfully written story, and the story is powerful because it’s written in first hand account.

The main character Alethia is a woman who has known no love as a result of her circumstances, but her survival is a testament to the human resilience.
It is a very difficult but very worthy read as these sort of stories need to be told.

The reader’s performance was excellent, and I particularly enjoyed hearing the beautiful lilt of Trinidadian Creole. I would not recommend this as a holiday read, but something that informs and educates people about an extremely difficult existence. It could also help people in the helping profession to understand trauma survivors.

I congratulate the author. It has been a privilege to gain some insight through this book.

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Inspirational and so well read

I am so glad I got this on audible, the authors Trinidadian dialect really brought this amazing story alive for me. The main character Alicia’s story is so tragic but also life affirming. It’s not a book for the faint hearted, dealing with heard hitting issues of domestic abuse and incest but it still manages to be always vibrant and ultimately uplifting. I highly recommend it.

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So tangible I could touch it!

This book touches on so many social issues. Most of these issues cut so deep however the humorous delivery made it a little bit easy to bare . Ms Ali is a personal favourite of mine even though she is a fictional character ✨❤️

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Recommended

A beautifully written and narrated story which cuts right to the bone of domestic abuse. Ms Allen-Agostini says in her acknowledgements that it is not based on her life or anyone she knows or a story that has been related to her. But she manages to craft the story in such a way that one has the impression that only someone who has experienced these things could describe them so chillingly well. Not for the faint-hearted.
The joy and soul in the story counter the dark side and the ending is one of love and hope.

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Beautifully written and read by the author

Loved this despite it being a harrowing read. I couldn’t stop listening and devoured it in a day !

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Loved the story

I absolutely loved the story
I also really liked the narration it was just difficult to understand at times. I could’ve done with looking at some of the words on paper while listening to it. Other than that I really enjoyed it.

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Authentic

I would definitely recommend this book, refreshingly powerful to listen to an author/ narrator from the Caribbean that did not hold back with they story and her authentic accent was just the cherry on top !

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very interesting 👌🏿

Being of English heritage, it took me a little while to get used to the accent. The story drew me in, and I got use to the accent and its location. Excellent fiction.

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