Tasha Kerry Smith is an Irish expat living on the Costa de la Luz, south of Spain. She writes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Manchester, and has been published on YourTango.com, Bust.com, Headstuff.org, and Nerve.com, amongst others. She’s currently working on a fictional novel.
Was it a dream? A nightmare? I felt like I’d been sold a lie. There was no husband or caring partner, no safe home or solid income. Just me, pregnant and alone, in an abortion clinic with my rapist.