I Belong to No One: One woman s true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant...

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Gwen Wilson

I Belong to No One

One woman s true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival...

Gwen Wilson

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Hachette Australia
30 June 2015

Autobiography: general; Sexual abuse & harassment; Domestic violence; Biography - Australian

A teenager in the 1970s, Gwen Wilson grew up in Western Sydney. It was a tough childhood. Illegitimate, fatherless - her mother in and out of psychiatric hospitals; it would have been easy for anyone to despair and give up. Yet Gwen had hope. Despite it all, she was a good student, fighting hard for a scholarship and a brighter future.

Then she met Colin.

Someone to love who would love her back. But that short-lived love wasn't the sanctuary Gwen was looking for. It was the start of a living hell. Rape was just the beginning. By sixteen she was pregnant, her education abandoned. Australian society did not tolerate single mothers; prejudice and discrimination followed her everywhere.

In an effort to save her son, Jason, from the illegitimacy and deprivation she'd grown up with, Gwen chose to marry Colin - and too quickly the nightmare of physical abuse, poverty and homelessness seemed inescapable. In 1974, in the dying days of the forced adoption era in Australia, this isolated teenager was compelled to make a decision about her child that would tear her life apart, one she would never truly come to terms with.

I BELONG TO NO ONE is one woman's story of all she lost and how hard she fought to survive and eventually triumph.

By: Gwen Wilson
Imprint: Hachette Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 390g
ISBN: 9780733634079
ISBN 10: 0733634079
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 30 June 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unknown

Reviews for I Belong to No One: One woman s true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival

Wilson is an engaging writer and confidently details her life story - and, eventually, some sort of contentment - in this memoir that reminds readers that many have a traumatic story to tell no matter the calm exterior they present to the world.' Weekly Times