TONI MAGUIRE

Jackie est une enfant non désirée. Ses parents, qui ne veulent pas s’en occuper, la laissent souvent chez son oncle. C’est là, alors qu’elle n’a pas dix ans, que le cauchemar commence. Quand sa petit

La infancia perfecta de Toni Maguire (un hogar en la campiña, mascotas, una madre cariñosa y un padre encantador) ocultaba un horror que estuvo a punto de matarla. A los seis años de edad su padre empezo a abusar de ella, insistiendo en que aquel fuese nuestro secreto. Valientemente, Toni se lo conto a su madre, segura de que ella detendria los abusos. Siguieron, en cambio, años y años de tortura sexual y psicologica.Embarazada por su padre a los catorce años, Toni volvio a revelar su terrible secreto. Su padre fue enviado a prision, pero ella se vio rechazada por sus parientes, profesores y amigos. Entonces, tras un aborto mal practicado, estuvo a punto de morir. Forzada a sumergirse en un mundo de depresion y locura, Toni solo contaba con si misma si pretendia alcanzar ese ideal de vida feliz con el que siempre habia soñado. De algun modo, logro sobrevivir a su espantosa infancia. Esta es la historia de ese proceso y de su triunfo

Le père de Marianne est violent, sa mère est alcoolique. Un voisin qui voit sa détresse l''aborde un jour. Mais il fait d''elle sa maîtresse alors qu''elle n''a que 8 ans. A 13 ans, elle tombe encein

How does an abusive childhood lead you into the world of drug dealers and addiction When Marc was a small child his father committed suicide When his mother remarried Marc thought his life was going to be OK but he could never have imagined just what was going to happen Unloved is Mark s powerful story of sinking into the depths of addiction and despair and then finding the inner strength to rise above it Marc is now at peace with his past and leads a happy and productive life

Un bâtiment gris, sombre. Effrayant. Dans les souvenirs de Madeleine, c’est ainsi qu’apparaît l’orphelinat où elle a été placée dès sa plus tendre enfance. À l’âge de cinq ans, le cauchemar est quoti

Dans la maison close de Mary Jefferies, on trouve les plus belles filles de Londres. Vendues par leurs parents ou kidnappées, elles ne sont que des jouets entre les mains dhommes sans scrupules. Et ces clients ne manquent pas, la tenanciere netant pas tres regardante sur les sevices infliges. Au milieu de cet enfer, Agnes a neuf ans. Elle nest pas prostituee car elle nest pas assez jolie, mais elle a un don artistique : elle dessine sur la toile des petites filles nues. Des filles qui, ensuite, disparaissent mysterieusement. Que leur arrive-t-il ? A cette seule idee, Agnes tremble de peur. Quand on lui demande de peindre le portrait dEmily, sa seule amie dans cette maison des horreurs, la petite fille est terrorisee. Pour la moins-que-rien , il est temps de se rebeller, de ne plus se taire et dessayer de senfuir...

SHE FINALLY THOUGHT SHE WAS SAFE Toni Maguire, author of Dont Tell Mummy, takes up the story of her tragic childhood where she left off, revealing the awful truth about what happened when her father, sent to jail for abusing her, was released, and came home Toni Maguires father abused her from the age of six, and was only found out when Toni fell pregnant, losing the child from a botched abortion. Called to her fathers trial. she gave the damning evidence that put him away, and hoped that with his influence banished, she and her mother could have a happy, idyllic life once more. But her mother was unable to face the truth of what her husband had perpetrated on their daughter, and waited patiently for his return. One day, two years later, Toni walked in to find her dreaded father sitting in the living room, on day release from prison. Toni knew then she had to leave, but stayed with her mother for another two years, desperately hoping her mother would choose Tonis wellbeing over that of her father. Yet when Joe Maguire was released, Toni was despatched to collect him from the station, and from the moment he re-entered the house she knew nothing had changed in his desires, although the threat of imprisonment was enough to prevent him from acting on them. Toni was forced to leave her home, and her mother made it known she was no longer welcome. Traumatised and alone, Toni was unable to cope, and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital, sinking deeper into despair every day, finally being transferred to the dead-end ward with hope of recovery abandoned. But paradoxically it was when all hope seemed gone that Toni slowly began to improve, by sheer force of indomitable will but the ultimate step occurred when she finally admitted to herself that her mother, whom she wanted so desperately to love her, had known all along what her father had done.

Javais confiance en lamour de ma mère. Elle lui dirait darrêter. Elle nen fit rien. T. M.Lhistoire bouleversante dune petite fille face à linceste et à la trahison... Stupéfiant. Daily MirrorCet ouvr

This heart-wrenching memoir from Toni Maguire tells the deeply moving story of an idyllic childhood that masked a terrible truth. Underneath her mothers gentility and her fathers roguish charm lay horrifying secrets, which eventually led to their only childs near destruction. The first time her father made an improper advance on Toni, she was six years old. Her father warned her not to tell her mother, or anyone else, because they would blame her and wouldnt love her any more. It had to remain our secret. When she finally built up the courage to tell her mother what had happened, she was told never to speak of the matter again. With no one to turn to, isolated and alone in rural Ireland, the abuse continued unhindered. At fourteen Toni fell pregnant by her father, and when her state was discovered she was made to have a late abortion which almost killed her. The truth of her childhood could no longer be kept hidden but, just as her father predicted, Toni found herself judged and rejected by her family, teachers and friends. The blame and anger she was treated with only worsened when her father was sent to prison as a result of his actions. This is the compelling story of her struggle to put the ghost of her childhood to rest, and emerge ultimately triumphant.

The shocking and inspirational true story of struggle and survival against all odds, from the bestselling author of Dont Tell Mummy and HelplessInspiring . . . shows the true meaning of strength5***** Reader ReviewHeartbreaking and gripping at the same time5***** Reader Review ________ Jackie was an unwanted child.So unwanted that her mother regularly left Jackie at her uncles house. Which was when the nightmare started.For when his wife went out, her uncles friends came round. He had a Special Room. In it, Jackie was tied up and molested, beaten, burnt by cigarettes and urinated on. Sometimes other children were brought along. Jackie got to know the Special Room intimately. Jackie could never bring herself to tell her mother. She ended up in a home for disturbed children. She ran away, and a life of homelessness, drugs, prostitution and psychiatric wards followed. Eventually, Jackie sought help. But could she turn her life around?Or would her evil uncle and his Special Room haunt her forever?________I could not put it down5***** Reader ReviewI was gripped throughout5***** Reader ReviewVery well written, I read it in one day5***** Reader Review

How do you stop your past from determining your future? Its what daddies do with their little girls, he explains, every little girl does it. But its a secret, and you must not talk about it.Cassie was too young to remember when her father started abusing her, but she remembers how unclean it made her feel. When she got married at sixteen and had a family of her own, she thought shed finally escaped his clutches, but he found a way to make sure she could never move on. Turning to drink to cope, Cassies babies were taken into care and her husband left her. Now would begin the biggest challenge of her life: winning her children back and working to eclipse the pain of the past. This is the heartbreaking true story of a little girl that just wanted to be loved.

Robbie Garner na que 5 ans lorsquil assiste à la tentative de suicide de son père. Le même jour, sa mère, alcoolique, décide de le placer dans un orphelinat, ainsi que sa sœur et ses deux frères. Ten

Neglected by her careless parents, Marianne turned to her neighbour, the one person that she thought she could trust. Eight year old Marianne, the eldest of five children, was neglected by her slovenly mother and her violent alcoholic father. Uncared for and unkempt she was rejected at school by her peers and scarcely tolerated by her teachers. Only one person gave her the affection she craved; a neighbour who seeing the vulnerable child knew she was easy prey for his perverted desires. Little Lady he called her over the few months he groomed her. Less than twelve months later she was caught in a trap of fear if she talked she would be punished. With no one to turn to she kept their secret. At thirteen she fell pregnant. Still too frightened to speak out she refused to tell the social workers who the father was. Without family support the teenager gave birth to a daughter in the unmarried mothers home. Six weeks later the baby she had already grown to love was taken away for adoption. Marianne returned home, but the neighbours abuse continued and a year later she was pregnant again. This time her father literally tried to beat the baby out of her but she failed to miscarry. Scared for her life and that of her babys she ran away from home carrying only a plastic bag stuffed with her few possessions. Marianne who still missed her first child desperately struggled to keep her second daughter. Two months after the birth she realized that for the babys sake she would have to hand her over for adoption. Helpless is Mariannes heartbreaking story as told the bestselling author of Dont Tell Mummy.

Every family has its secrets, but some are worse than others.I had learnt to switch myself off from feeling anything when he molested me. Just lie there like a wooden doll and dont give him the satisfaction of allowing one whimper to leave your mouth.Lynns mother wanted the world to see the perfect family. An immaculate house, three well-dressed children and a charming husband. But behind closed doors it was a different story. Abused by her father from when she was just a baby, Lynn would scream for her mother, who ignored the little girls cries. Nothing was going to shatter her perfect life. 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 wasnt the only one with a secret.

The deeply shocking story of a mothers neglect and a fathers betrayalSally Easts 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. Sallys 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, Sallys 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, Sallys 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 Sallys heart-rending story but shows the long-term damage that child abuse does.