Forgive me for not knowing how to love you, but my heart told me that what you consider as enough was too little for me. I didn't know how to settle for promises and words. I didn't know how to accept your half-measures and double standards: my soul wants everything or nothing. It's funny how time turns yesterday's wounds into scars I proudly wear. Love that turns into disappointment digs deep into one's soul and transfigures every individual cell. Although I have suffered, I will be reborn. A woman gives away her soul and then resumes it intact at the end of a relationship. And why not? She has the right to take back exactly what she offered. Maybe strong women prefer being hard to love than easy to hurt!
Jacqueline may have been wounded too many times by failed retionships and recurrent mistakes driven by hasty emotional decisions and a naive, love blinded heart but her close knit family will prove to be an unshaken support and her struggles mere paths to a stronger self. This book addresses itself to all women, born or made, young and mature, as love and emotions will always transcend appearances and passport names, sexuality or religious denominations. Brave is the one who dares to take upon themselves the intricacies of being a woman!
" I was simply amazed by the emotions this book stirred up in me! I felt stunned and after I closed the book, I reminded myself that being a woman means a lot! But how many women know their own value?" Shoshana Levy - LifeMyWay Blog
"A book full of messages, a manual of instructions for wounded but powerful women. It's not a pretentious literary work, nor does it claim to be, but this doesn't diminish its value. It has become one of my favourite readings for my amping my positive state of mind and I will most likely return to it in times of restraint. I recommend it to women of any age, walking any spiritual path. Because we deserve more, better and in our lives there must be no room for compromise." Odyssey Book Shop Review
"This book made me realise that I don't have to let myself be trampled by anyone. It taught me that love is not only about appearance, but also about the way the person next to you behaves, how they take care of you and supports you. It helped me understand that, we WOMEN, deserve better. That we don't have to bow our heads in front of a partner, that we have to leave when we feel like we don't belong there, even if it hurts. That we have to speak up our minds without fear. And that no matter what, the only ones who will unconditionally stay by our side will be the parents, only they love us the most." Charlotte Mack - Alternative Magazine UK
"Sometimes we are blindsided by the person we love. They might not only sweep us from our feet but undermine our self worth too. We forget about the family that loves us and accepts us as we are, we forget that for the people who care about us would never ask us to change; we are perfect in their eye. Then why we try to change for certain men? Where do lack of self-confidence and hatred of one's own physical appearance start? We want to be better for him when we're already perfect for our family. We're hoping to build a family with him, forgetting what we mean to our own family. What a paradox!" Belle Lacroix - AvidLibrarian Blog
"This novel taught me to love myself as I am, it reminded me that a real family will never judge you, they accept you and love you as you are regardless of life mishaps. A book that reminds us how much we're worth to our family, how much it matters to be happy, lively and never depend on a selfish partner as time is the most valuable good there is. So choose wisely" Marie Shay - Elliot House Publishing
