Book description
The deeply shocking story of a mother's neglect and a father's betrayal
Sally East's heartwrenching story starts when she was only three. It
was then that her father first touched her inappropriately, as he
started to groom her for the future.
Sally's mother, a woman who suffered from manic depression,
neglected her on her 'bad days', as Sally called them. She would turn
her face to the wall and ignore her small daughter. But Sally loved
her mother and waited for the 'good days' to return.
When she was only six, Sally's mother died. Then when Sally most
needed to feel secure, safe and loved, she paid a price that nearly
destroyed her: with his wife dead, Sally's father felt free to abuse
his daughter whenever he wished. The conflict of wanting to be cared
for by the same person who was violating her sowed the seeds of self
loathing - something that would haunt her for many years to come until
the death of her father.
Now in a supportive relationship and with two children of her own,
Sally has at last found happiness. Bestselling author Toni Maguire not
only puts a voice to Sally's heart-rending story but shows the
long-term damage that child abuse does.
Toni Maguire is the author four bestselling books:
Don't Tell
Mummy, When Daddy Comes Home
,
Nobody Came
and
Helpless
.
