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Behind Closed Doors

by Jenny Tomlin
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Surviving Squalor and Finding Strength

"Behind Closed Doors" is a harrowing yet inspiring memoir of endurance and resilience in the face of familial abuse. Readers who are interested in accounts of overcoming trauma and gaining independence will find this memoir to be a touching and heartfelt narrative that showcases the strength of familial relationships and the power of self-belief in the face of hardship.

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Behind Closed Doors

by Jenny Tomlin
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ISBN: 9780340837924
Authors: Jenny Tomlin
Publisher: Hodder Paperback
Date of Publication: 2006-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sociology, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Biography, Mental Health, Autobiography, Memoir
Goodreads rating: 4.12
(rated by 1937 readers)

Description

Jenny grew up in a house where no-one was safe. Born one of five children in the East End, her childhood was spent in squalor and terror. Her father's violent beatings, humiliations, and sexual abuse were part of daily life; her mother - also his sexual victim and savagely beaten - was no source of help. Deprived of love and all comforts, the children would turn to each other for support and to the only adult they could trust, Auntie. This is the story of how Jenny, her sister Kim and brother Laurence, not only survived but ultimately transcended the unimaginable degradations heaped on them. With the power of love, cunning, the blackest of black humour and an indestructible self-belief, Jenny eventually broke free of her past.
 

Surviving Squalor and Finding Strength

"Behind Closed Doors" is a harrowing yet inspiring memoir of endurance and resilience in the face of familial abuse. Readers who are interested in accounts of overcoming trauma and gaining independence will find this memoir to be a touching and heartfelt narrative that showcases the strength of familial relationships and the power of self-belief in the face of hardship.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.