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A Family Secret: My Shocking True Story of Surviving a Childhood in Hell

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4.4

Duration
7H 30min
Language
English
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Non-Fiction

‘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 HarperCollins (Audiobook): 9780008441586

Release date

Audiobook: 18 March 2021

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