Publisher's Synopsis
Every year in England and Wales alone, one in twenty adults suffer domestic abuse, two thirds of them women. Every week, two men kill a woman they were intimate with. In the US, domestic homicides have increased by 32 per cent since 2017. Fall in Light: A Mother's Story is the incredibly moving account of the true story of Meera Dalal from Leicester in the United Kingdom. Meera was a young woman trapped in a relationship that was violent and abusive. After struggling with years of violence, coercive control, blackmail, extortion, and threats to her family, the 25-year-old was driven to the depths of despair and tragically took her own life. In this honest and open memoir, her mother Daksha recounts how Meera's happy childhood and upbringing spiralled into domestic abuse, psychological manipulation, gaslighting, and blackmail at the hands of a cruel and vindictive boyfriend who drove her to the edge of her sanity. A percentage of proceeds of this book will be provided for organisations assisting with mental wellness and suicide prevention.
