Deze auteur duikt moedig in de aangrijpende realiteit van kindermishandeling, puttend uit persoonlijke ervaringen en getuigenissen van anderen om de blijvende emotionele en psychologische littekens bloot te leggen. Haar werk confronteert maatschappelijke taboes rond fysiek en emotioneel trauma, benadrukt dat slachtoffers zich niet hoeven te schamen en belicht de transformerende reis van slachtofferschap naar overleven. Overstappend van persoonlijke memoires naar een historisch gesitueerde roman, verkent haar schrijfstijl thema's als verloren onschuld en de veerkracht van de menselijke geest tegen onderdrukkende omstandigheden.
How do you stop your past from determining your future? It's what daddies do with their little girls, he explains, every little girl does it. Now would begin the biggest challenge of her life: winning her children back and working to eclipse the pain of the past.
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.
From No.1 bestselling author Toni Maguire comes a new true story of abuse and survival.
Threatened by their parents, Lynn and her brother never told anyone in fear of being separated, but the trauma of their past followed them throughout their lives, with devastating consequences. Now as Lynn tries to piece together and come to terms with her past as an adult, she discovers she wasn't the only one with a secret.
From bestselling author Toni Maguire comes a new true story of abuse and escape.
From bestselling author Toni Maguire comes a new true story of abuse and escape.
From No.1 bestselling author Toni Maguire comes a new true story of abuse and survival.
From No.1 bestselling author Toni Maguire comes a new true story of abuse and survival.
From No.1 bestselling author Toni Maguire comes a new true story of abuse and survival.
Georgia's story An East End story with a colourful backdrop of the grandfather's early association with the Kray Brothers. Her young mother becomes addicted to drugs after taking speed to lose weight and then moves onto other drugs including heroin. Georgia grew up seeing drug abuse, alcohol abuse and violence.