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The Asylum

By: Ann Cusack - contributor, Carol Minto, Joe Cusack - contributor
Narrated by: Fiona McNeill
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About this listen

For 46 years, Carol Minto has quietly gone about her life, carrying with her the most extraordinary and heartbreaking secrets.

Born into poverty and with mostly absent parents, Carol helped to raise her nine siblings. But when she was just 11 years old, her older brother began to sexually abuse her. After four years, Carol managed to escape - and ran away from home.

Picked up by social services, they place her at Aston Hall in Derby, a psychiatric hospital now infamous for the ghoulish ‘truth serum’ experiments it carried out on children. Over three years, Carol was stripped, sedated, assaulted and raped by Kenneth Milner, the doctor in charge.

Eventually she is released back into the community, aged 18, and has a daughter. But the baby is taken away for adoption, and Carol’s trauma intensifies. In 2010, Carol finally plucked up the courage to speak out about the abuse she suffered - and received justice, at last.

In The Asylum, Carol tells the full story of how she overcame unimaginable suffering, to find the happiness and solace she has today as a mother and grandmother.

©2021 Ann Cusack (P)2021 W F Howes Abuse Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Relationships Sexual Abuse & Harassment Women Emotionally Gripping Heartfelt Inspiring

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The narrators voice is very robotic. Reads in short sentences. Very off putting at first

Very sad story of abuse

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She suffered so much abuse and no one seemed interested or cared Nobody helped her

Family abuse

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This can be a hard listen, but ultimately it’s a story that needs to be heard. The horrors that Carol sent through at the hands of her brother. The failure from her Mother, and her Dad. The disgusting abuse and cruelty, being locked in an asylum, for no other reason, than Carol being a victim. It will make you sad, but it will also make you smile. Carol is a survivor. Carol is an inspiration and I pray this story will help others to come forward. Help others to realise no abuse is “your” fault. This book has touched my heart. ❤️

I really liked this narrator. Being Scottish myself, I know some Scots accents can be a bit rough, but Fiona is very easy to understand, has a kind voice and make listening easy. So props there too 🙌🏼

Heartbreaking story of an inspirational lady 💖

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loved it would read it again, absolutely believable, humour amongst the misery , light at the end of the tunnel

girl of courage

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A harrowing story of an innocent let down, firstly by her family and then by the corrupt system.

A heartbreaki g Story

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