New Arrivals: True Stories

Friday, July 30, 2010

Never Say Die by Melanie Davies & Lynne Barrett    RRP: RM44.90 Price: RM17.90
On a Saturday morning in May 1980, Melanie Bowen, a pretty fifteen year old, ran down the stairs of her parents’ home in Port Talbot, grabbed her leather jacket and crash helmet, yelled a goodbye, and then walked out of the front door into the sunshine for what was to be the last time in her life. “Never Say Die” is the true story of what followed. Since the motorcycle crash that left her paralyzed from the chest down, Melanie’s life has been one of extremes. However, she’s won medals in athletics for Wales, been humbled and inspired by Falklands veterans at RAF Chessington, raised thousands for charity, become a major disability poster girl in America, dabbled with the film world and been screen tested for a movie, met the Queen, and set up her own rehabilitation charity, whose patrons include the acclaimed actor Michael Sheen, Dame Tanni Grey Thompson, and former Welsh Rugby captain, Gwyn Jones. She has also, against all the odds, found lasting happiness, fallen in love, and married the surgeon who 25 years earlier told her she would never walk again.

Daddy’s Little Earner: A Heartbreaking True Story of a Brave Little Girl’s Escape from Violence by Maria Landon    RRP: RM39.90 Price: RM17.90
The shocking story of a young girl forced into prostitution by her own father, & her painful journey to escape her horrific childhood & build a new life for herself and her sons. Maria’s dad was a pimp, living in a world of thieves & street-walkers. By the age of nine, Maria’s father was abusing her & getting a prostitute friend to dress her up in stockings & make-up. By the time she was 14 he was selling her on the streets of the red light district in Norwich. At 15 she ran away to King’s Cross with an older lover who turned out to be just another pimp. Furious at losing a nice little earner her father involved the police & both he & the other man were jailed for living off Maria’s immoral earnings. Only then could Maria escape her traumatic childhood and follow her dream of becoming a mother.

Escaping Daddy by Maria Landon    RRP: RM39.90 Price: RM17.90

The sequel to Daddy’s Little Earner tells Maria’s story as she tries to rebuild her life. Determined to escape from her past & be the best wife & mother she could possibly be, Maria throws herself into her marriage. But it is never that easy to escape from such a traumatic start in life. Maria tells the story of her marriage into the gypsy community & the emotional demons that rise up from her childhood to haunt her as she becomes the victim of violence once more. She leads the reader through her own personal & inspiring journey out of a nervous breakdown & through two marriages, on to becoming a personal development teacher who helps many others to overcome their pasts, & a strong, empowered single mother of two boys.

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Helpless: The True Story of a Neglected Girl Betrayed and Exploited by the Neighbour She Trusted by Marianne Marsh & Toni Maguire    RRP: RM34.90 Price: RM17.90
Eight year old Marianne, the eldest of five children, was neglected by her slovenly mother & her violent alcoholic father. Only one person gave her the affection she craved; a neighbour who, seeing the vulnerable child, knew she was easy prey for his perverted desires. ‘Little Lady’ he called her over the few months he groomed her. Less than twelve months later she was caught in a trap of fear – if she talked she would be punished. With no one to turn to she kept ‘their secret’. At thirteen she fell pregnant. Without family support the teenager gave birth to a daughter in the unmarried mother’s home. Six weeks later the baby she had already grown to love was taken away for adoption. Marianne returned home, but the neighbour’s abuse continued & a year later she was pregnant again. Scared for her life & that of her baby’s she ran away from home carrying only a plastic bag stuffed with her few possessions. Marianne who still missed her first child desperately struggled to keep her second daughter. Two months after the birth she realized that for the baby’s sake she would have to give her up for adoption. Helpless is Marianne’s heartbreaking story.

An Angel On My Shoulder by Theresa Cheung   RRP: RM33.90 Price: RM17.90
An Angel on my Shoulder is an inspiring collection of true stories about the guardian angels who protect us, warn us and guide us from the other side. / A kicking and screaming angel saves a woman from dying on a train. / A grieving daughter is comforted by the kiss of an angel. / A animal angel saves a family from carbon monoxide poisoning. These are just some of the amazing accounts in this inspiring new collection of true stories.

An Angel Held My Hand: Inspiring True Stories of the Afterlife by Jacky Newcomb   RRP: RM44.90 Price: RM17.90
Inspiring. Amazing. True. Bestselling afterlife expert, Jacky Newcomb, is back with more moving and inspiring real-life dramas about people who have had ‘a little help’ from the other side when they most needed it.  Stories include: / The baffling ’shouting’ angels who saved Granddad from falling down a mine / The angels who mysteriously guided the young girl safely through the fog / The ‘premonition’ which saves a young girl and her grandmother from being shot on a bus / These are just some of the miraculous accounts in this beautiful new collection from one of the UK’s leading angel experts.

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