Margaret always talked about writing her story but could never get beyond the first chapter. Born illegitimately to a domestic servant in 1930s Brighton; the circumstances of her birth affected her whole life. Subject to emotional abuse from foster parents and her grandmother she married young and had four children. She was a loving mother and grandmother but couldn't find it in her to love herself. This is her story.
"You write so beautufully,
The inside of your head must be a terrible place"
About a girl writer and a boy artist who found each other at the dark times.
"Does it hurt?" I asked, pressing on the wound.
"Not as much as it hurts loving you, Hailey, " He stared into my eyes.
Observing blood falling across his chest was brutally beautiful.