AN ISLE of Wight resident has written her first book under the pen name Lily Di Giovanni.

Luisa DeJean, who lives in Cowes, completed work on Hidden Torture A Face Behind A Masquerade Mask earlier this year, is scheduled for release via Olympia Publishers from Thursday, September 24.

The book is described as a powerful and harrowing life-story of deprivation, suffering and ultimate overcoming.

The author, who moved to the Isle of Wight in 2018, said: "I found writing this book about my life therapeutic.

"I do suffer with mental health disorders from the trauma of my past, and wanted to take back the control robbed from me.

"I wanted to be someone unafraid to speak about my ordeals and show other survivors your voice will be heard."

Waterstones on the Isle of Wight is now taking pre-orders for the paperback book, priced at £7.99.