A Life Of Their Own by Pauline Tait

When Kate and her children step onto a bus early one Tuesday morning, she knows this is their only chance: their only chance at freedom and at a life of their own. But can she ensure their safety? Can she ensure they will never be found? 

This feeling haunts Kate as she and her children begin a new life far from New York, far from their troubled past.

Little does she know that their new life will bring her closer to a different past, a life she had long given up, making her already fragile world more complicated than she could have ever imagined.

Pauline Tait is a multi-genre author living and writing in Perthshire, Scotland. After many years working as a Pharmaceutical technician and latterly as a Primary Support Assistant Pauline is now doing what she has always wanted to do; write! Her children's books have been praised for promoting kindness, thoughtfulness and being true to yourself and she uses her experiences in working with young children to make her events and school visits fun and engaging.Pauline's adult fiction novel, A Life of Their Own, tackles the subject of life after domestic abuse and has received brilliant reviews; "It was a beautifully written novel by an extremely talented writer. Excellent character depiction, plus an exciting storyline make for a roaring success. Highly recommended."Married, with two grown up children and two mischievous Jackadoodles, Pauline is now enjoying writing full time. You can keep up to date with Pauline's writing and events at http://www.paulinetait.com/

Review

This was a great quick read that lets you know there is hope in the world still. Yes there are parts of it that are harrowing when Kate is describing her abusive husband but essentially the rest of the narrative it about escape, survival and resilience.

This book was exactly what I was needing to read at this moment in time. To know that sometimes it does work out for people, they get the help that they need and life does get better. Someone in my life is going through this situation, they don’t have kids in the mix but they do need to leave. Unfortunately, she probably isn’t going to meet a sexy rancher but maybe a sexy laird. Who knows?!

I also love how the cover of this book is slightly differing from the norm but yet portrays what the book is about.