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A Family Secret
- Author
- Maureen Wood
- Narrator
- Rachel Atkins
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 18 March 2021
- Run Time
- 7 hours 34 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
‘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.
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
Amazing book
A true survivor of such horrific abuse
God bless you Maureen 🙏🙏sarahlou 2022-08-14
Details
- Author
- Maureen Wood
- Narrator
- Rachel Atkins
- Duration
- 7 hours 34 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 March 2021
- ISBN
- 9780008441586
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- True stories / true accounts of events
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
‘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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