Wake Up Claire Colley 9781517400521 Books
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Ruth thinks she knows what love is. It is emotional and physical pain, control and submission. It's all she's ever known. On her wedding day, she is hit by a car and put into a coma. Left alone with her memories, she relives her past, from childhood to the present day. She faces every decision she ever made, every blow she ever received. Can she learn from her past? Can she Wake Up? The story of Ruth is one of misguided love, loss and the road to recovery. Join her on this journey of discovery. "Wow, what a great depiction of a domestic violence situation. I feel Claire worked though the experience very well and the story line could be true to life." 5* review on Goodreads.
Wake Up Claire Colley 9781517400521 Books
Wake-up is a book which deals with the hardships of relationship abuse, a good opening prologue drip feeds the reader with details of Ruth and why she is currently in a coma. The main body of the book splits the chapters between those of Ruth the adult, Ruth the child and Ruth's partner Max. We read of the life-story of Ruth as she looks back whilst in a non-verbal communicative state of her coma. Her brain still functions and she uses the time to re-evaluate her life and to look at the lessons life has given her.As a child, Ruth was witness to a violent, drunk abusive father, who beat her mother to unconsciousness on more than one occasion. As an adult Ruth has a coping mechanism which she applies to relationships with men, she is a serial "other woman" and is the one to leave her men as she searches for "the one". All she ever wanted was to be loved and for people to stop leaving her.
Ready to leave Max and move in with Fletcher, Ruth is shocked to find she was just another affair and she is not welcome. She returns to Max's flat just before he arrives home from a trip and gets to stay a while longer. However Ruth can no longer be at ease with Max, he has Jekyll & Hyde characteristics. He switches from Mr lovely to Mr jealous and possessive in an instant and he uses his fists when he's angry. In fact it is more than that, he is totally selfish and self-centred surrounding Ruth with his friends, his music, and his gifts as forgiveness when he has beaten her up.
With Ruth in denial of the situation, complications spiral when she finds herself pregnant and Max goes into selfish possessive over-drive. Even with Ruth lying in hospital in a coma Max still thinks only of himself, but Ruth has used the time to find her inner strength and the drive she needs to break from the mould of abuse.
There is some very good writing in this book, the author builds the layers which make a compelling read and the storyline, although sad, touches on real life subjects which are all very believable. For me the book needs one more run through editing to erase the last few hiccups and then this book would be a 5* read.
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Wake Up Claire Colley 9781517400521 Books Reviews
I loved reading this book! The book is very intriguing. Wake up really grabs you till the end, I could not put it down.
This book was beautiful and sad and perfect. Ruth's story is like so many women trapped in a cycle of abuse and denial. I would greatly recommend anyone working with domestic violence victims read this.
Wake Up is told from the perspective of Ruth (both as an adult and a child) and Max her boyfriend/fiancee. Ruth is in a coma from an accident on the day of her wedding. Max sits at her bedside reading and talking to her. Ruth tells her own story from her childhood where her father abused her mother to meeting Max, having an affair with his best friend, getting pregnant and accepting Max's proposal. She lives a very sad life. Often children of abusers have relationships with abusers when they grow up and that is what happens to Ruth. Max talks to Ruth and tells his side of the story. His affair that she finds out about, his promises to change, how much he loves her and the same things abusers always tell their victims spew from him. Will Ruth survive and come out of the coma? What happens to the baby? Does Max change? This is a dark story about a dangerous situation that all too many people find themselves in.
I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
Wake-up is a book which deals with the hardships of relationship abuse, a good opening prologue drip feeds the reader with details of Ruth and why she is currently in a coma. The main body of the book splits the chapters between those of Ruth the adult, Ruth the child and Ruth's partner Max. We read of the life-story of Ruth as she looks back whilst in a non-verbal communicative state of her coma. Her brain still functions and she uses the time to re-evaluate her life and to look at the lessons life has given her.
As a child, Ruth was witness to a violent, drunk abusive father, who beat her mother to unconsciousness on more than one occasion. As an adult Ruth has a coping mechanism which she applies to relationships with men, she is a serial "other woman" and is the one to leave her men as she searches for "the one". All she ever wanted was to be loved and for people to stop leaving her.
Ready to leave Max and move in with Fletcher, Ruth is shocked to find she was just another affair and she is not welcome. She returns to Max's flat just before he arrives home from a trip and gets to stay a while longer. However Ruth can no longer be at ease with Max, he has Jekyll & Hyde characteristics. He switches from Mr lovely to Mr jealous and possessive in an instant and he uses his fists when he's angry. In fact it is more than that, he is totally selfish and self-centred surrounding Ruth with his friends, his music, and his gifts as forgiveness when he has beaten her up.
With Ruth in denial of the situation, complications spiral when she finds herself pregnant and Max goes into selfish possessive over-drive. Even with Ruth lying in hospital in a coma Max still thinks only of himself, but Ruth has used the time to find her inner strength and the drive she needs to break from the mould of abuse.
There is some very good writing in this book, the author builds the layers which make a compelling read and the storyline, although sad, touches on real life subjects which are all very believable. For me the book needs one more run through editing to erase the last few hiccups and then this book would be a 5* read.
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