In her own words,in a clear voice, Truusje van Zanten describes how she fell for the wrong man,how she and her children became victims of domestic violence and how she freed herself from his grasp.In this true story,she does not spare herself,nor the institutions with which she fights, for het own good,but above alle for the sake of her children.Here and there she finds an audience,but also a lot of misunderstanding.Obstacles are overcome.Little bij little, she pays off all her debts, but the threat f her abusive husband. Hangs over their lives like a dark cloud. the outcome is uncertain.How will her children develop?Truusje wrote this sotry to be able to share it with the world and especially with all other victims of domestic violence, who will leran many wise lessons from this book,but also to hold up a mirror to the many agencies that were involved in her "case"The book is not an indictment,but a report that hurts and offers hope.And it reads like a train