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Haunting journey of survival amidst parental betrayal.

Donna's story might be a tough read due to its harrowing details, but it also shines as a powerful testament to resilience. If you're moved by personal narratives that navigate through the darkness to reach light, you might find this book both disturbing and inspiring. It's about conquering the past and uncovering strength you didn't know existed.

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ISBN: 9780091924034
Authors: Donna Ford
Publisher: Vermilion
Date of Publication: 2009-12-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Biography Memoir, Memoir
Goodreads rating: 4.04
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In this haunting and frank account, Donna Ford, author of The Step Child, returns to the horrific abuse she suffered at the hands of her stepmother. As a tiny girl of five, and for six long years, Donna was physically, mentally, and sexually abused. She was starved, beaten, and "loaned out" to neighbors who raped and molested her, and throughout her father stood by and did nothing. When her stepmother finally left the family home, Donna dreamed of a normal childhood in which she would be taken care of by the man who had, up until this point, failed her. But it was not to be. By telling the whole story of her Edinburgh childhood, Donna tries to understand why the man who should have loved her the most—her own father—was the one who deceived her the most, by continuing to allow men to abuse her. Instead of finding a future of love and happiness, Donna was once again thrust into a living nightmare of exploitation and betrayal by those who should have wrapped her up in their love. Abandoned by her real mother when she was tiny, we also learn of Donna’s efforts to find the woman who might have made such a difference to her childhood, and the terrors she has gone through as an adult, if she had stayed. Most astonishing of all is the journey we take with Donna to discover the woman she
 

Haunting journey of survival amidst parental betrayal.

Donna's story might be a tough read due to its harrowing details, but it also shines as a powerful testament to resilience. If you're moved by personal narratives that navigate through the darkness to reach light, you might find this book both disturbing and inspiring. It's about conquering the past and uncovering strength you didn't know existed.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.