Two women
By: Martina Cole
Publisher: Headline; Headline Book Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 633
ISBN-13: 9780755350575
Subjects: Parent and child; Female friendship; Abused women; Social conditions; Women prisoners; Fiction
Description: Danger and violence have always been a part of Sue Dalston's East End life. She was unloved by her own mother, abused by her father, and then brutalised throughout her marriage, so she smashes her husband's head with a claw hammer in a bid for escape. The only thing keeping her sane is knowing that her children are now safe. No one could have predicted the outcome when Sue is put in a cell with Matilda Enderby, a murderess. Their fates become inextricably linked.
Notes: Originally published: 1999.
Table of contents: title: Paperback -Danger and violence have always been part of Sue Dalston's East End upbringing. Unloved by her mother, abused by her father, and brutalised throughout her entire marriage, she smashed her husband's skull in a final act of desperation. All that keeps her sane is knowing that she's done it to protect her four children. At last, they are safe from harm. When she is celled up with murderess Matilda Enderby, their fates become inextricably linked. And no one; title: least of all Sue; title: could have predicted the consequences ...