Description
In the middle of one of the worst civil wars in Syria's history, Louise Monaghan crossed a heavily guarded border to save her six-year-old daughter from the father who had callously snatched her from her home in Cyprus. Not knowing what lay ahead, the Irish mother tricked her ex-husband into believing she still loved him and wanted them to live together as a family, purely so that she could see her kidnapped child again.
Once in his homeland, Louise too was held captive, locked inside a run-down house day and night with little food and no hope of being released. Sick from polluted water, severely beaten by her ex-husband and abandoned by the Turkish men paid to rescue her, she took her little girl and made a daring escape.
The journey they made through bomb attacks and sniper fire, and across a heavily patrolled mountain range in the dead of night, was a harrowing ordeal. Yet miraculously they both survived, and Stolen is Louise's breathtaking account of events.
The heartbreaking yet uplifting story of a mother who risked her own life to rescue her kidnapped daughter from war-torn Syria.
About the Author
Louise Monaghan studied travel and tourism at college and formerly worked as a senior travel consultant. She is now trying to rebuild her life in Cyprus surrounded and protected by a large group of friends.
Reviews
Reads like a thriller . . . an extraordinary story * Irish Sunday Independent *
An incredible journey to the hell of the Syrian warzone * Sunday World *
Book Information
ISBN 9781780575919
Author Louise Monaghan
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Mainstream Publishing
Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
Weight(grams) 178g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 127mm * 16mm
