Don't Tell Mummy : A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal
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Maguire Toni
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Innocence shattered.
Recommended for readers who want to gain insight into the long-term impact of sexual abuse on victims and how they cope with it. The book is a heart-wrenching memoir that portrays the author's emotional and psychological journey from childhood to adulthood, and how she learns to deal with the anguish caused by her father's sexual abuse. Toni Maguire brings clarity and raw honesty to the subject, often eliciting empathy from readers.
Don't Tell Mummy : A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal
by
Maguire Toni
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ISBN: 9780007223756
Authors:
Maguire Toni
Publisher: Harper Element
Date of Publication: 2006-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections:
Biographies & Memoirs
Goodreads rating: 4.05
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This heart-wrenching memoir from Toni Maguire tells the deeply moving story of an idyllic childhood that masked a terrible truth. Underneath her mother's gentility and her father's roguish charm lay horrifying secrets, which eventually led to their only child's near destruction. The first time her father made an improper advance on Toni, she was six years old. When she finally built up the courage to tell her mother what had happened, her mother told her never to speak of the matter again. When the assaults grew worse her father warned her not to tell her mother, or anyone else, because they would blame her and wouldn't love her any more. It had to remain 'our secret.' At fourteen Toni fell pregnant by her father and for the first time shared her terrible secret. But just as her father predicted, everyone blamed her. Although he was eventually sent to prison, Toni continued to suffer, almost dying from a botched late abortion. She found herself judged and rejected by her family, teachers and friends, forced into a world of depression and madness with only herself to rely on if she ever hoped to build a happy life.
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