I Belong to No One: One woman's true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780733634079)

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.

Author: Gwen Wilson
ISBN-10: 0733634079
ISBN-13: 9780733634079
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Language: English
Published: 03/11/2024
Pages: 322
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.72d