Merrion Press 🔖has just publisheda new book by Nicola Hanney.
OUT NOW
STRONGER What Didn't Kill Me, Made
Me Nicola Hanney
Nicola Hanney recounts the
harrowing years she spent suffering unimaginable abuse at the hands of
disgraced Garda Paul Moody while battling recurring cancer, and her
gruelling fight to reclaim her life.
In 2016, against all odds, Nicola Hanney survived a terminal
cancer diagnosis and decided to live life to the full. When she matched
with Garda Paul Moody on a dating app, she thought her dreams had come
true, but could never have imagined she would be plunged into another
nightmare: a four-year campaign of violence and coercive control at his
hands.
Despite being told she would never conceive due to the toll
cancer had taken on her body, Nicola beat the odds a second time
and became pregnant to Moody. Trapped in an unrelenting cycle of abuse, the
baby she had always wished for gave Nicola newfound hope for the future.
Then, midway through her pregnancy, she found a lump in her breast. The
cancer was back.
In Stronger, Nicola charts her
extraordinary journey through unimaginable abuse and aggressive, recurring
illness. Throughout it all, Nicola’s resilience never wavered. She
proved herself stronger than the disease that threatened to take her life.
Stronger than the man who tried to crush her spirit. Stronger than the bad
hand she was dealt.
This is her story.
Paperback • €17.99 •
272 pages • 226 mm x 153 mm • 9781785375293
Merrion Press 🔖has just publisheda new book by Nicola Hanney.
OUT NOW
STRONGER What Didn't Kill Me, Made
Me Nicola Hanney
Nicola Hanney recounts the
harrowing years she spent suffering unimaginable abuse at the hands of
disgraced Garda Paul Moody while battling recurring cancer, and her
gruelling fight to reclaim her life.
In 2016, against all odds, Nicola Hanney survived a terminal
cancer diagnosis and decided to live life to the full. When she matched
with Garda Paul Moody on a dating app, she thought her dreams had come
true, but could never have imagined she would be plunged into another
nightmare: a four-year campaign of violence and coercive control at his
hands.
Despite being told she would never conceive due to the toll
cancer had taken on her body, Nicola beat the odds a second time
and became pregnant to Moody. Trapped in an unrelenting cycle of abuse, the
baby she had always wished for gave Nicola newfound hope for the future.
Then, midway through her pregnancy, she found a lump in her breast. The
cancer was back.
In Stronger, Nicola charts her
extraordinary journey through unimaginable abuse and aggressive, recurring
illness. Throughout it all, Nicola’s resilience never wavered. She
proved herself stronger than the disease that threatened to take her life.
Stronger than the man who tried to crush her spirit. Stronger than the bad
hand she was dealt.
This is her story.
Paperback • €17.99 •
272 pages • 226 mm x 153 mm • 9781785375293
Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.
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