Book description
Send Me No Flowers is the story of a young woman's fight for survival.
Donna Stewart's family is poor but respectable and hard working.
Donna is beautiful and clever - about to go up to university.
Celebrating her exam results with her friends at a club, she meets
Danny Lester, ten years older, much richer, a businessman - he sweeps
her off her feet. Despite warnings from friends and family, Donna
enjoys Danny's wild streak. She believes this is the man she will
marry and live with happy ever after. But it gradually emerges that
'Danny the knife' is a dangerous criminal - and a sadist. She is
introduced to a world of drugs and prostitutes, where Danny gets his
kicks by terrifying her. The longer she leaves it, the harder it will
be to escape. But eventually, helped by a loyal circle of female
friends, she works out a plan.
Jenny Tomlin is happily married and living in France. With continuing
support from her two children Martine and LJ, she still loves to write
and enjoys family life to the full. She champions the causes of those
charities that fight to wipe out abuse in all its forms, these include
Barnardo's, Refuge, Red Cross and Domestic Violence Units, amongst
others. Her first novel,
Sweetie
, was published in 2008 Her other works have been in non-fiction:
Behind Closed Doors
,
Silent Sisters
and
Not Alone
.
