Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780007223763
Edition: New edition
ISBN: 0007223765
Label: Harper Element
Manufacturer: Harper Element
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: March 05, 2007
Publisher: Harper Element
Studio: Harper Element

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Rating: - Shocked & Saddened
This is author Toni Maguires true story of her harrowing childhood in Belfast in the 1950's, at the hands of a sexually abusive father.
It runs along side of the story of her sitting in a nursing home as an adult, with her terminally ill mother. As she keeps her vigil, her memories come back to her and she begins to tell her story of her childhood. This is not a story of neglect in a material sense as is usually the case, but a fairly average childhood in all other respects, interspersed ... Read More

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Rating: - In Brief
This book is beautifully written and I was desperate to read Toni's sequel as I needed to find out if she ever did manage to get answers from her mother or a resolution over her father's actions.

The book is damning indigtment of the Northern Irish Protestant family that ostracised her for "shaming" her father by reporting the abuse when he had made her pregnant.

A step above many of the Memoirs of misery that currently flood the market.

I hope this book enables ... Read More

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Rating: - HEARTBREAKING.
I felt so sorry for this little girl as she struggled to cope with things she was too young to understand. Her father was an absolute monster, but it was the behaviour of her mother that i found the hardest to understand. Some women simply refuse to believe what is there right in front of their eyes - and only they know why....

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Rating: - Both Very Addictive and Very Disturbing
I couldn't put this book down. It is suberbly written. I will never ever understand how anyone can hurt a child, especially their own flesh and blood. Toni has been through so much at the hands of her evil father. I find her to be a truly remarkable and couragous woman and she has my total admiration. Without giving away too much of the story, I found the chapters based on the "abortion" to be particularly disturbing. Just when I thought things couldn't possibly get any worse for this little girl, her ... Read More

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Rating: - A Really Heartbreaking Story...
I Managed To Read This Book In Four Hours!! A Real Insight Into How Life Was For Toni As A Youngster.
Toni Has Shown Extreme Courage To Complete This Autobiography & Share It With Others.
I Could Not Put This Book Down. I Cried For The Childhood Toni Missed & I Had.

I Am Now Reading When Daddy Comes Home,, Again I Cannot Put The Book Down & I Will No Doubt Be Finished Soon.

This Book Is Worth Every Moment You Spend Reading It.

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