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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.

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A courageous lady to bring her abusers to justice. Giving hope to many victims suffering in silence.
The guiltier person in my mind was the Mother in which I use the term loosely.
Her stepdad was a predator making Maureen an easy target.
What confused with the brother they were once so close protecting her yet changed so dramatically I think encouraged largely by the mother I think once he had committed the awful act he too become the monster.

justice

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I don't really have the right words for this book. It's amazing, heartbreaking, heartwarming. Such a strong, brave child that went through it all. An absolute inspiration to us survivors.
This will always be a favourite.

One of the most amazing audiobooks I've ever heard

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So horrible and gruesome story about bravery, endurance and dissociation. The author's experience is the worst a young girl can be exposed to, and she tells her story incredibly well. How she endured, and how she survived

A horrific and thrilling tale.

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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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Though heartbreaking, would highly recommend, story of brave and finally strong woman.
That shows there's light at the end of a dark tunnel

Heartbreaking

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