‘Cinderella’, I wish!

Author: DeVeraux, Dominique

Biography & True Stories

Published on 4 July 2019 by Troubador Publishing (Matador) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 384 pages
157 x 233 x 28 | 590g

Life isn’t all fairytales and glass slippers…

‘Cinderella’, I wish! is the powerful true story of Dominique DeVeraux’s life. Beginning with her early childhood as a young black child living with loving white foster parents, Dominique is content and adored. But when Nanny dies suddenly, Dominique is taken away from the loving home that she knew and thrust into a world of trouble.

Dumped in a new home with strangers, Dominique’s life turns to one of difficulty and misery. In her fight for happiness she faces more and more abusers, domestic violence, rape and murder. Ploughing on regardless, Dominique chooses love as her weapon and shield. In this story of courage, our protagonist rises above the challenges she faces to celebrate life and to love herself indubitably.