Caryn Walker

Linda Watson-Brown

Två livrädda flickor. En våldsam far. En överlevde för att berätta deras historia. Det här är den sanna historien om hur en man under sju fruktansvärda år förgrep sig på sin egen dotter. Det är också historien om hur den lilla flickan kämpade för rättvisa åt sin döda syster. Över trettio år efter att hemskheterna började fick Caryn Walker till slut se sin pappa i rätten, åtalad för tjugofyra fall av övergrepp mot henne. När han dömdes till sexton års fängelse, insåg Caryn att det var hon som var den starka, hon var överlevaren. Trots förutsättningarna kämpade hon, och vann. Och hon insåg att det var dags att berätta hela historien, om båda systrarna. För Jennifers skull. Caryns historia får hjärtat att brista. Hon berättar inte bara om de hemska övergreppen hon blev utsatt för, utan också om det förfärliga liv hennes syster fick uthärda. Ingen har någonsin bett henne om ursäkt för smärtan hon fick genomlida och vad som gjordes mot dem båda. För sin systers skull har Caryn tagit mod till sig och skrivit om vad som hände. Genom att berätta kan Caryn till slut göra upp med vålnaderna från det förflutna.

Snälla pappa, sluta

Donna Ford

The true story of Donna Ford, who between the ages of five and eleven was abused by her stepmother Helen. Labelled 'the bastard', the 'little witch' and 'the evil one'; beaten , isolated and afraid to even look at her own reflection, this beautiful little child was told she was lucky to be the victim of abuse - abuse which began as physical and mental, but progressed to the most appalling sexual attacks. Despite an horrendous early life, Donna is now a successful artist and mother of three with an enormous enthusiasm and an optimism which completely belies her experiences. In 2003, Donna watched as her stepmother was found guilty of 'procuring a minor' for sexual abuse and sentenced to two years in prison. Beautifully written and savagely honest, The Step Child is Donna's story. It is an inspiring tribute to the resilience of the human spirit.

A True Story of a Broken Childhood

The Step Child

Tell Me You're Sorry, Daddy is the moving true story of one man's horrific campaign of abuse against his own daughter, which continued for more than seven years of her childhood, and has had effects which continue to this day. 32 years after the abuse began, Caryn Walker finally saw her father in court in 2011, charged with 24 counts of abuse against her. As she awaited the verdict, she looked at the man who robbed her of so many years, who never showed any remorse, and realized that she was the one who was strong, she was the survivor. Caryn knew that it was time for her to tell her full story--and that of her dead sister, Jennifer. Against all the odds, she fought. And she won.

Just Tell Me You're Sorry

Kate Marshall

What Working with the Dead Taught Me about Life

Sorry for Your Loss

Scarlett Jones

As a little girl Scarlett knows nothing about normal life. Subjected to constant sexual abuse at the hands of her father, she cannot see a way to escape. Until one day things go from bad to worse. Walking home from school, Scarlett is befriended by a young man called Mike, who tells her that a friend of his is keen to meet her. Scarlett eventually agrees, and Mike takes her to his house. But there is no friend waiting for them. As her life is torn apart by a vicious grooming gang, Scarlett begins to believe this is just how her world should be. In her darkest hour, will she find the courage to confront her abusers and seek justice? This is the heart-breaking story of a destroyed childhood and how our past must not shape our future.

Just a Girl

Shaneda Daly

'One of Ireland's most powerful campaigners' The Kavanagh Sisters I look back now and see that I never stood a chance. It's hard when you realise your whole childhood was taken away. I never got the chance to be a child.' Shaneda Daly was only four when her father started grooming her. For nearly 15 years, he would go on to sexually abuse his daughter every day. The emotional and physical toll was immense and, eventually, her ex-army and prison officer father admitted to his family what he had been doing. Leaving home for only a year to get help, he was welcomed back 'a changed man'. With no choice but to accept it, Shaneda lived alongside him again only for him to try and abuse her once more. After realising she had no choice but to leave home, Shaneda finally reclaimed her power by standing up to the man who destroyed her childhood and contacted the police. Decades later, in 2011, she watched as her father was convicted of 227 counts of abuse. Shaneda now fights as a campaigner for other victims and is bravely telling her story fully for the first time: the story of a survivor.

Abused by my father every day for a decade, this is my story of survival

Sins of the Father

The true story of Donna Ford, who between the ages of five and eleven was abused by her stepmother Helen. Labelled 'the bastard', the 'little witch' and 'the evil one'; beaten, isolated and afraid to even look at her own reflection, this beautiful little child was told she was lucky to be the victim of abuse - abuse which began as physical and mental, but progressed to the most appalling sexual attacks. Despite an horrendous early life, Donna is now a successful artist and mother of three with an enormous enthusiasm and an optimism which completely belies her experiences. In 2003, Donna watched as her stepmother was found guilty of 'procuring a minor' for sexual abuse and sentenced to two years in prison. Beautifully written and savagely honest, The Step Child is Donna's story. It is an inspiring tribute to the resilience of the human spirit.

A true story of a broken childhood

DON'T SAY A WORD is the empowering memoir of Kate Marshall, a mother-of-four from Manchester. Ripped from her many brothers and sisters at the age of eight, Kate's mother uproots her to a new life in which love and safety are not priorities. With few explanations, Kate is thrown into a world of chaos and neglect, a world which her Uncle Phil exploits through a campaign of shocking abuse over many years. The lessons Kate learns in those early years leave her extremely vulnerable and, while still a teenager, she marries an emotionally abusive, gaslighting fraudster, spending years in a controlled marriage punctuated by bulimia and a fierce desire to protect her beloved children. Finally finding the courage to leave, she seizes control of her own destiny by taking her paedophile uncle to court, where his guilt on all charges sees him finally face up to what he has done. From that moment, Kate vows she will never again be the victim of those who chose to control and abuse her, that she will fight for herself and for others with every breath she has - that she will never be silenced again.

Linda Watson-Brown

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