Publisher's Synopsis
"Let me take you on a journey. One which is filled with hope, empowerment, perseverance and the will to survive".
"My alarm goes off at 9am, it's Sunday, so I don't bother getting up. I decide to stay in bed, it's my weekend off without my kids, it's raining outside and my joints are stiff, so I'm going nowhere fast! I always like to phone my kids when they're not with me, so I lean over my bed, with much discomfort and 'oohhing' and 'arrgging', and pick up my mobile off my bedroom floor, with a newly acquired crack on the screen. My fingers are like sausages from water retention ... it's not pretty being in your 40's! I click Contacts on my mobile and phone my dentist instead of my son. With another click on my phone, I get it right, and I'm welcomed with a 'hello Mum, how are you?' This makes my day, and I continue to chat to my son, Tommy before I realise he is more hungover than Martin Sheen! Tommy's words are slurred, he's giggling more than a 2 month old baby whose parents are playing 'peek-a-boo' - yet there is is a sense of embarrassment in his voice". "Why the embarrassment, I thought?" "What's wrong Tommy?" What happened to him last night whilst he was 'out on the lash? 'Ok mum, haha, sorry, I can't contain myself! This will make you laugh, but maybe also hate me? I got absolutely battered last night!' "Yeah, I can here it in your voice son, you sound very relaxed, you sound like you're struggling to put two words together!" "Why would I hate you son? What on earth did you do last night?". "Oh god, you didn't get into a fight did you son?". Tommy laughs at the end of the phone and tries to compose himself before he answers my questions. 'Oh no mum, I'm a lover night a fighter!' 'What I've done is far worse than that!'. I shriek in despair ... "WHAT?!". "Oh no son, what have you done?". 'Please don't judge me mum, like I said, I got absolutely battered last night and don't remember a thing! Erm, when I got home last night, I obviously panicked and have no idea why, and I, eh, took a crap in the bloody washing machine!' This book encompasses witty anecdotes; lived experiences of abuse; the power of changing mindsets; to one of Donna's beloved children taking a crap in a washing machine! From Parenting to her first trip to New York City - this book teaches every ready how you can turn your life around and fulfil your dreams! Donna Anne Pace is proud mum who lives in the South West of England who went on to self-publish a second book in May 2020, Giving Women A Voice - a collaboration of real life stories from survivors of abuse in the UK, USA and Malta. A powerful, real-life human interest book which has been endorsed by a female Member of the European Parliament. As as disabled survivor of domestic abuse, living with PTSD and Fibromyalgia, Donna also runs a small business that provides a platform for victims and survivors of domestic abuse to tell their own personal stories of surviving and thriving. Connect to find out more - onevoicemychoice.co.uk - 'helping one voice become many'
