Book excerpt: It's the summer of 1975, Louise Fraser is seventeen years old and dreams of a life where she isn't the un-wanted second child of her harsh and abusive father Michael, and her beautiful but down trodden mother, Norma. Louise has to suffer the hand of her abusive father on a daily basis just for making simple mistakes, while her mother just looks on helplessly, living in denial. But, for just a few precious moments a day, Louise manages to escape her world by reading the diary of her late and brave grandmother, this gives her hope. Then, one day, after a chance meeting, she meets Mr Beautiful and falls in love instantly. She begins to daydream about this mystery man more and more. The question is, will these daydreams one day become a reality?