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Lyn's Escape (Paperback)
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Lyn's Escape (Paperback)
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Loot Price R363
Discovery Miles 3 630
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Lyn Madden worked for twenty years as a prostitute, mostly in
Dublin. Her career ended the night that she watched, her lover and
pimp, John Cullen throw a firebomb through the window of a house,
where former prostitute Dolores Lynch lived. Dolores, who had
'escaped' from prostitution some years previously, perished along
with her elderly mother and aunt. That murder shocked Lyn out of
her dependence on Cullen and enabled her to summon up the courage
necessary to denounce him to the police. Cullen was given a life
sentence and an 18-year sentence, the second of which he has
completed. He has applied for temporary release, but authorities
refused it. Here, in Lyn's own voice, she starts her story being
escorted by two plain-clothes police officers up the gangplank to
the ferry, fleeing Ireland in the hope of a safer future. Lyn's
journey to safety is one that never is truly realized as her
enemies, ex-lovers, abusers and demons continue to haunt her and
threaten the livelihood of her and her children. But through it
all, Lyn undergoes an impressive evolution from working the streets
to becoming a contributing member of society and even holding down
a meaningful job. Lyn pursues therapy, education and learns after
many wrong starts to finally choose healthier relationships. It is
a wonderful coming-of-age story of a woman who gets a chance later
in life to try to put herself on a better course away from the
world of crime and exploitation. Though her path is riddled with
bad choices and abusive men whose violence is terrifying her basic
spirit is never dimmed. We get to know a Lyn that takes enormous
pleasure in the simple things of life while surviving seemingly
unbearable abuse and tragedy. Readers who have read the first book
will not be disappointed with the sequel, it's full of excitement
and insight into the lives of the walking wounded.
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