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    Brave: How I rebuilt my life after love turned to hate
    Brave: How I rebuilt my life after love turned to hate
    Brave: How I rebuilt my life after love turned to hate
    Audiobook8 hours

    Brave: How I rebuilt my life after love turned to hate

    Written by Adele Bellis

    Narrated by Talulah Greggs

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    Control. Jealousy. Isolation. Blame. Anger. Violence.
    The inspiring true story of a young woman who suffered a terrifyingly abusive relationship culminating in a horrific acid attack from the man who claimed to love her.

    Adele was just 23 years old when she was scarred for life by an acid attack arranged by her ex-boyfriend, Anthony. The attack left her partially bald and she lost her right ear. This was Anthony’s attempt to stop her from ever being attractive to another man – a final act of ‘control’ over her and the horrific end to a terrifying case of domestic abuse.

    The acid attack came after she had ended her relationship of several years with Anthony Riley, the man who said he couldn’t live without her. Anthony Riley was convicted in October 2015 and was sentenced to a minimum of 13 years in prison.

    This is Adele’s brave story, the story of one woman’s incredible fight to recover from the most appalling injuries and to decide that she would not be controlled, she would be strong.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 22, 2016
    ISBN9780008182076

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    • 3/5
      Very well narrated. I struggled with the book though as I couldn't relate to how she put her family in harm's way by remaining in such an abusive relationship.
    • 5/5
      This is an amazing story of bravery yet it was so difficult to listen to and hear her make the same mistakes over and over. At times I wanted to scream at her. It’s hard for me personally to relate to it but I hope this book helps women that maybe in similar situations and give them the wake up call needed.
    • 1/5
      This book is awful. I literally had to force myself to finish it. I get that she had a hard life and bad things happened to he but I just wanted to slap her. And the way she keeps complaining about hating acting and her jobs in Hollywood just pissed me off. If she hated it so much she could have done something else. So she had no skills. Me neither. I work retail. It pays the bills.
    • 4/5
      I've never swore as much in my life as I have reading this book. I would be reading and every so often I would just mutter: "F*
    • 4/5
      the first 20% of this book, in which McGowan talks about her childhood and early life, wasn't particularly engaging to me, but I'm so glad I didn't dnf this one. once she starts writing about Hollywood and sexism and women's issues, she's at her best and the rest of the book is really powerful.
    • 5/5
      Not only is McGowan Brave, but she is angry and has every right to be. I just want to give her a hug.
    • 5/5
      Thank you so very much Rose McGowan. This book exceeded everything I hoped it would be.
      #ROSEARMY