Despite It All
A True Story of Trauma and Triumph
My heart woke me crying last night
how can I help I begged
my heart said write the book
Rupi Kaur
Meet Madison
Madison graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2001 with a 1st Class Hon's in Applied Community Studies. She went on to become a senior lecturer in Childhood Studies and has taught both in the UK and internationally, as well as delivered papers at varied conferences including EECERA and the BDA. More recently she has been engaged in training and curriculum design for staff working with children in care, but has spent the last year writing her first memoir Despite It All which has now become a global best selling book on Amazon.
And here you are living.
Despite it all.
Rupi Kaur
Madison's upbringing was a tumultuous journey, marked by perpetual hunger and unrelenting fear. With their father frequently away for work, Madison and her brother Robbie were left in the care of their chronically alcoholic mother, whose sadistic tendencies, physical, mental and sexual abuse, jeopardised their safety in the pursuit of attention.
What they didn’t know at the time was that their mother had Munchausen syndrome by Proxy.
Despite these harrowing circumstances, the siblings knew they had to stick together, face the challenges of their childhood and show remarkable resilience in order to survive and make it to adulthood.
A unique and honest account teeming with deception and cruelty, the book plunges the reader into a relentless whirlwind of secrets and betrayal, as it delves deep into the darkest corners of human nature. And yet, despite it all, the author weaves in her own survivalist humour, it has been said, not unlike Frank McCourt’s, Angela’s Ashes.
A gripping odyssey that will haunt your thoughts long after you've reluctantly turned the final, heart-wrenching page.
This is Maddie’s Story.
'Bloody Brilliant! I hope you realize that, by telling your story, you are not a 'victim' or even a 'survivor'; you are a true 'victor.' This is the finest memoir I have ever read'. Dr Marc Feldman, M.D. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Adjunct Professor of Psychology, the University of Alabama.
'An inspirational book that delves deep into a traumatic childhood, a testament to the indomitable human spirit' John West, author of The Psychiatrist, shortlisted for the Hemingway Award.
