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Eventually
	Author: J. Thompson Bird Classification: Autobiography Sorry this book is Out Of Print	Brief Description: J. Thompson Bird grew up believing she was just like anyone else – an ordinary girl from an ordinary background. She had a happy childhood in Yorkshire with her eight older siblings, but four years after the family moved to Gloucestershire, everything changed; her ordinary life suddenly became extraordinary in the worst possible way. A fortune-teller’s guarded reading, envisaging future unhappiness and pain, seemed to be coming true, and she clung on to the promise that she would be happy … ‘eventually’. The years that followed saw her branded as a slut, put in a detention centre for wayward girls, married at 17 to a possessive wife beater, taken into a mental hospital, suffering depression, and having to cope with the death of two of her three children. She came to view her husband’s batterings as normal, “something you have to learn to live with”. Life had chosen this path for her, and her own choices seemed to wield little influence. It was a battle for survival but, with the support of her sister, Mo, a secure battered wives home and the Gingerbread Club, she managed to transform herself from “a frightened little mouse” into a strong, courageous woman. A new life was beginning – ‘eventually’ had finally arrived. This autobiography exposes the bare bones of real life; it touches raw nerves and stirs every emotion, and some may find it painful to read. But it is a story of triumph that illustrates that no one has to be a victim in life: “There are people who are victims of life and some people who just insist on being victims”.

About the Author: J. Thompson Bird was born into an ordinary working-class family in Yorkshire in 1953, and has fond childhood memories as the youngest of nine children. The family relocated to Gloucestershire when she was nine years old, and gradually all her siblings got married. It was in her teenage years that life started dealing her blow after blow, culminating in a ten-year nightmare as a battered wife. Despite her dreadful experiences, she eventually found an escape, and is now able to share the life knowledge she has gained, shedding light on abuse victims’ perceptions and offering encouragement to find a way out.

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Publication Date:	18 December 2003
ISBN: ISBN 13:	1-904444-14-8 978-1-904444-14-5
Page Extent:	232
Book Size:	210x148mm
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This is a very inspirational read. It came across as open and true, I enjoyed this very much.
Sheila Woods, Author of 'Maud's Stone'

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The first thing that strikes you about Eventually is the cover. J. Thompson Bird is extremely attractive and the portrait on the front that beckons to the reader does her justice. But it’s the eyes, you see: They’re at least one thousand years old in terms of experience. Before you even open the book you just know that Bird has a story to tell and has crammed several centuries of living into five decades of life.
Bird’s life started well but, in her teens, went horribly awry. That the hell she would endure for over a decade was preceded by a disturbing warning from a fortune-teller makes the tale all the more intriguing.
Bird’s book is inspirational. Chapter by chapter she takes the reader through an excruciating diary of emotional pain and trauma, but behind the scenes there’s a powerful sense of metamorphosis. J. Thompson Bird is changing, leaving behind her fears, weaknesses and insecurities.
Editors often refer to stories like this as TOTS; that is, Triumph Over Tragedy Stories. That it is, but it will touch you deeply. I suspect many readers will take heart from Bird’s biography and realise that they too can overcome the dark shadows of their lives.
It can’t have been easy for the author to write this autobiography, but we should be glad she did.
Mike Hallowell, The Shields Gazette

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I found the book a good read - very interesting. Couldn’t put the book down from the point you married Bevan.
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Janey's story is a well written and inspirational read. All that life has dealt her and all that she has gone through would make most women the victim, but she doesn’t come out it a victim she comes out of it a strong survivor. This is why I feel the book to be inspirational. It gives us all hope. Life does and will go on and no matter what we should go on fighting the good fight for in the end there is survival, As Janey has proved in her book. Thank you for that hope!
Vivienne Thompson
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This book appealed to me in more ways than one. I couldn't put it down until I had finished it. It gives an insight to what some people have to put up with from men who don't know how to treat women properly. This is a very down to earth book, easy reading. I would enjoy the next novel by this author if there is one.
Marie Evans
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This book is very much from the heart. So little happiness and had many bridges to cross. This book shows sadness and anger and very much one of the victims in life.
Mrs H Hayes
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"Eventually" was a really enjoyable book to read, after the first three chapters I couldn't put the book down.
Mrs G Bennett
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