Download or read book A Family Secret My Shocking True Story of Surviving a Childhood in Hell written by Maureen Wood and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Each time my mother laid a finger on me... it was another step into the jaws of hell. Her abuse, more so than any other, destroyed me. It was the ultimate betrayal.’
Download or read book A Family Secret written by Maureen Wood and published by HarperElement. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A shocking true story about familial betrayal, horrifying secrets and when justice prevails. It took three decades before Maureen felt able to talk about her dark past. Growing up in an abusive household, she was sexually assaulted by her mother, stepfather and brother for years on end. After giving birth to a son as a result of a rape, she thought that maybe, just maybe, the baby would save her. Tragically, he suffered a cot death soon after his birth, leaving Maureen devastated. Years later, with Maureen heartbroken and tormented by her childhood, her family still had not been charged with the deeply unsettling crimes they committed. That is until Maureen had the bravery and courage to approach the police. In the trying investigation that followed, Maureen's lost son once again appeared to save her, proving integral to the evidence. This heart-breaking, but ultimately uplifting tale is proof that even in our darkest moments, hope can still be found.
Download or read book Violated A Shocking and Harrowing Survival Story From the Notorious Rotherham Abuse Scandal written by Sarah Wilson and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shocking first true account from one of the young girls who lived through and survived the Rotherham sex abuse scandal.
Download or read book Anelisse written by Adriana Bellini and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-18 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the small farm town of Arbor Falls, NJ, a young girl named Anelisse must convince her love-struck mother that her new husband is not the man he appears to be. Once his violent true colors are revealed, Anelisse desperately attempts to convince her mother to leave him, but to no avail. After realizing she no longer has the support of her mother, Anelisse must do what she can to protect herself, as well as her siblings, in order to make it out of the house alive. Anelisse is the chilling true story of a young New Jersey girl who struggles to survive emotional, physical, and verbal abuse at the hands of her alcoholic stepfather. Based on author Adriana Bellini's real-life battle with child abuse, Anelisse provides a chilling, detailed look inside the dysfunctional world many abused children come from. WARNING: Contains graphic violence and strong language.
Download or read book The Bad Room Held Captive and Abused by My Evil Carer A True Story of Survival written by Jade Kelly and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After years of physical and mental abuse, Jade thought her kindly foster mother would be the answer to her prayers. She was wrong ... this is her staggering true story.
Download or read book Father s Days written by Katherine Brady and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For ten years, Katherine Brady led a double life. Growing up in a small Midwestern town, she was the ideal teenager--beauty queen, honor student, and with a boyfriend from one of the town's most elite families. But at home lived another Katherine, her father's own 'little girl', unwillingly involved in a secret sexual relationship that left her shamed, isolated, fearful, and emotionally burdened for years. This book recounts her struggle through humiliation, helplessness, and anger to become a whole, mature human being.
Download or read book Enslaved My True Story of Survival written by Emily Vaughn and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER A heartbreaking memoir from a girl who escaped county line trafficking only to become prey to other abusers...
Download or read book The Girl Nobody Wants written by Lilly O'Brien and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2011-11-24 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You only get one chance to live your life as a child, but Lily was never given that chance; her childhood was taken from her before it ever begun. From the age of four, when she was first sexually abused, her life changed forever; when she walked through the institution’s doors in Ireland, her life continued along the same path that has destroyed her soul. Her emotional pain is as strong today as it was the day it began and will never leave her alone.“When I go to sleep it’s in my head and when I wake up I can see it in the mirror and I am only waiting to die.” A child abuse story that will stay with you forever and one that you will talk about for many years to come, The Girl Nobody Wants is a harrowing true story that will appeal to fans of biographies and fans of Jodi Picoult. It has been compared to Dave Pelzer’s A Child Called It, Damaged by Cathy Glass and The Kid by Kevin Lewis.
Download or read book Don t Tell Mommy a True Story and Memoirs of a Child Tortured and Sexually Abused for 12 Years and Now Seeking Justice written by Mary Justice Avalon and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ..."This book will allow anyone to change fear to courage and speak out no matter what the situation...I felt disgust and hate for that monster and such sadness for the author, ALL at the same time! It was difficult to put down and has changed the way I communicate with my daughter because all people should know they can overcome ANY obstacle in life after reading this!" ... G. Vigil / Natalia, TX. ..."A MUST READ for every survivor and a wake up call for parents...Let's end the cycle!" ... "Tayla" / Tampa, Florida. ..."The author made her tragic story so relatable you truly feel her pain and sorrow! Her ability to overcome and seek justice after so many years made me proud of her." ... D. Tompson / also a survivor / Houston, TX. ..."Even though I found the story very disturbing and sad, it was so well written that I couldn't put it down. There's no doubt that we need to learn more about these pedophiles and help protect the children of this country." ..."Tom B." / U.S. Army Veteran, 6 years of proud service / Columbia, SC. Website: http: //www.outskirtspress.com/donttellmommy
Download or read book Against My Will Groomed Trapped and Abused This Is My True Story of Survival written by Sophie Crockett and published by HarperElement. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophie Crockett spent most of her childhood suffering from crippling anxiety. Diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, she became a virtual prisoner in her own home, afraid to venture outside. After battling with depression, eating disorders and self-harm, Sophie had the courage to re-enter society in her late teens.
Download or read book Cupboard Boy written by P. T. Saunders and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the cover of anonymity "Paul Saunders" Courageously tells his shockingly true story of how he and his step-siblings were repeatedly abused by their mother and step-father. It doesn't make "easy" reading, But living through it wasn't fun either.
Download or read book Secret Slave written by Anna Ruston and published by Bonnier Publishing Ltd.. This book was released on 2016-12-29 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sunday Times top ten bestseller... You're not going home. You're not going anywhere. You're mine now. Growing up in a deeply troubled family, 15-year-old Anna felt lost and alone in the world. So when a friendly taxi driver befriended her, Anna welcomed the attention, and agreed to go home with him to meet his family. She wouldn't escape for over a decade. Held captive by a sadistic paedophile, Anna was subjected to despicable levels of sexual abuse and torture. The unrelenting violence and degradation resulted in numerous miscarriages, and the birth of four babies... each one stolen away from Anna at birth. Her salvation arrived thirteen years too late, but despite her shattered mind and body, Anna finally managed to flee. This is her harrowing, yet uplifting, true story of survival.
Download or read book Daddy s Wicked Parties written by Kate Skylark and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series statement from author's fourth and fifth books in the series.
Download or read book A Little Life written by Hanya Yanagihara and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
Download or read book My Daddy the Pedophile written by Lily Palazzi and published by Long Ear Press. This book was released on 2018-10-13 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After years of suffering multiple forms of abuse, a vulnerable young girl flees her home only to land straight into the arms of her biological father-a sexual predator. My Daddy the Pedophile tells the harrowing true story of a teenage girl's affair with her manipulative sociopathic father. After a terrible dark secret comes to light, the real story unfolds."If you are easily shocked by what occurs behind closed doors in some average suburban neighborhoods, do not read this book. If you want to read a riveting tale of manipulation, abuse, and courageous healing, then this is the book for you." -Sharyn Higdon Jones, MFT, author of Healing Steps: A Gentle Path to Recovery for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse"Lily Palazzi's memoir, My Daddy the Pedophile is a riveting, well-paced account of both how her father's calculated manipulation of her desperate need to be loved subjected her to the wounding distortions of incest and how through therapy and the true love of her husband she ultimately finds the healing she had once thought would never be possible." -Catherine McCall, author of the international bestseller Never Tell: A True Story of Overcoming a Terrifying Childhood
Download or read book Did You Hear Me Crying written by Cassie Moore and published by Live It. This book was released on 2012 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this shocking memoir, Cassie Moore gives a very open description of how she suffered and survived a lifetime of abuse: The sexual, physical and emotional abuse she suffered at the hands of her parents, who sold her into marriage at the age of 16; the 23 years of domestic violence she endured and what she did to save herself and start a new life
Download or read book Tell Me You re Sorry Daddy Two Scared Little Girls One Abusive Father One Survived Against All Odds to Tell Their Story written by Caryn Walker and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tell Me You're Sorry, Daddy is the moving true story of one man's horrific campaign of abuse against his own daughter, which continued for more than seven years of her childhood, and has had effects which continue to this day. 32 years after the abuse began, Caryn Walker finally saw her father in court in 2011, charged with 24 counts of abuse against her. As she awaited the verdict, she looked at the man who robbed her of so many years, who never showed any remorse, and realised that she was the one who was strong, she was the survivor. Caryn knew that it was time for her to tell her full story - and that of her dead sister, Jennifer. Against all the odds, she fought. And she won.
