Book description
In her bestselling memoir As I Lay Me Down to Sleep, Eileen
Munro vividly documented the abuse she experienced at the hands of her
adoptive parents and, later, within the care system. The birth of
Eileen's son, Craig, and her escape from the authorities' clutches
should have seen her turn a corner, but she remains haunted by the
spectre of her past.
In If I Should Die Before I Wake, Eileen chronicles her
search for her real parents and her battle for an education for both
Craig and herself. She faces exploitation, suffers further sexual and
physical abuse, and endures periods of homelessness and bad health.
Still she perseveres, clinging to her hopes for the future, until she
eventually finds the sense of belonging that has previously eluded her.
In this harrowing but ultimately inspirational second volume of
memoir, Eileen Munro proves that, against all the odds, happiness does
sometimes come to those who never give up hope.
Eileen Munro is a trained photographer and a committed campaigner,
publicist and feature writer for the UK brain-injury charity Headway.
She has addressed a cross-party committee of the Scottish Parliament
investigating the extent of child sexual abuse in Scotland.
