Look what you made me do : a powerful memoir of coercive control / Helen Walmsley-Johnson.

Helen Walmsley-Johnson's first husband controlled her life, from the people she saw to what was in her bank account. He alienated her from friends and family and even their three daughters. Eventually he threw her out, and she painfully began to rebuild her life. Then, divorced and in her early forties, she met Franc. For ten years she would be in his thrall, even when he too was telling her what to wear, what to eat, even what to think. This is Helen's candid memoir of how she was trapped by a smiling abuser, not once but twice. It is a vital guide to recognizing, understanding and surviving this sinister form of abuse and its often terrible legacy - and an account of how one woman found the courage to walk away.

Adult.