Martine The Girl in the Shadows

The book tells the true story of Martine's childhood in South Africa, using her memories and friends' recollections to describe with great detail and sensitivity what happened to her until she eventually escaped her mother. The book details how an abusive partnership can, unfortunately, lead to a subsequent abusive family.   Life in Johannesburg for Martine started in an orphanage where she was kept apart from sister Mireille. Eventually, Jackie, her mother, returned for her daughters