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A Family Secret

My Shocking True Story of Surviving a Childhood in Hell

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A Family Secret

By: Maureen Wood
Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
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‘Each time my mother laid a finger on me… it was another step into the jaws of hell. Her abuse, more so than any other, destroyed me. It was the ultimate betrayal.’

Abused from the age of eight by her older brother and then her step-father, Maureen Wood quickly became numb to the constant suffering. But Maureen’s world crumbled when her own mother started to abuse her too…

A Family Secret is the harrowing true story of how one little girl survived sickening abuse by the people who should have loved her most, and how an innocent baby finally saved her.

©2021 Maureen Wood (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Abuse Child Abuse Dysfunctional Families Parenting & Families Relationships True Crime Exciting Emotionally Gripping Scary Heartfelt

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lovely book very sad in places and had to put it down and come back to it. just goes to show you that every family is different and it can happen to any child. just glad that this lady has now got the life she deserves and wish her all the best for the future

Good read

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Loved it so sad .mother who did my care wonder if she was an abuse victim also as had no empathy for her daughter .I'm glad she had happiness in the end with her own kids and her brother and stepdad were brought to justice.

Sad story

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Very good account of her real life abuse, I kept thinking just tell someone but when I thought back to my own childhood abuse (nowhere near as bad as this) I remembered that I didn't tell anybody for years either! Very sad in parts but very honest, well worth a listen if you can cope with the reality.

Good but sad

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An incredible journey, so horribly disturbing, but a must to listen to. What a brave and wonderful person! The narrator is unbelievably good!!!

Just WOW!

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really enjoyed it, gripping.story. but equally it was sad. the narrator was also good and engaging I would highly recommend this book

Great read

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This was a very hard listen but well worth it.
We sadly know too many stories of child abuse, especially at the hands of men, but to hear of abuse from a woman - a mother abusing her own daughter - makes it even worse somehow.
What a brave lady Maureen is, to not only get it all to court, but to write it all down in book form.

I wish her & her fmaily all the very best & hope they contunune to heal from their abuse.

Wow!

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Everyone has a story, but few people are able to relate one as traumatic and containing such tragedies as this without self-pity and with the candour this author does. It raises questions and is shocking to read, but the author’s bravery and determination shines through. The narrator is very expressive and empathic and though this is one of the most chilling stories’ve ever read it has those moments that bring a smile from out of nowhere too.

Hard to stomach - written by a hero!

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So glad that all three members of Maureen's family were held to justice for the terrible crimes they committed against her & also glad that she had compensation for the way social services treated her

A family secret

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The narrator is fabulous and the writer very skilled. This is a harrowing account of the entire life story of an absolute survivor of sexual abuse and tornent at the hands of not one but three family members including her mother and a system that failed her from the start .... an incredible insightful and inspirational read - highly recommend!

Remarkable story!!

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it was compelling and disturbing at the same time. brave lady to survive this

I couldn't stop listening. what a brave lady

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