Silent child : a life of fear and a story of survival
Maguire, Toni2020
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Emily Smith was held in a prison of fear for ten years. When she was four, her father left and a new man was brought into her life. He loved her, he kept telling her so, but the emotional and physical abuse she suffered at his hands were a daily nightmare. Until one day, after he crept into her bedroom, her life became unbearable. Emily found she was different in another way as her autism became more noticeable and punishments for her 'abnormal' behaviour more severe. Astonishingly, she managed to escape her home of hell, where she was abused right in front of her mother. Emily determinedly gained a university place and emerged triumphant with a new life and family in Ireland, desperate to treat her daughter, so similar to her, to a different life. Powerful and shocking, sharing her story means she finally has a voice to say: enough.
Main title:
Silent child : a life of fear and a story of survival / Toni Maguire with Emily Smith.
Author:
Maguire, Toni, authorSmith, Emily, author
Imprint:
London : John Blake, 2020.
Collation:
358 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781789463057 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
362.76092362.7609SMI
Local class:
B SMI MAG
Language:
English
BRN:
684831
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