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Toni Maguire
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Don't Tell Mummy |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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320 |
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2006-08-07 |
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0007223749 |
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Harper Element |
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1.01 pounds |
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5.51 x 8.5 x 1.34 inches |
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This heart-wrenching memoir from Toni Maguire tells the deeply moving story of an idyllic childhood that masked a terrible truth. Underneath her mother's gentility and her father's roguish charm lay horrifying secrets, which eventually led to their only child's near destruction. The first time her father made an improper advance on Toni, she was six years old. When she finally built up the courage to tell her mother what had happened, her mother told her never to speak of the matter again. When the assaults grew worse her father warned her not to tell her mother, or anyone else, because they would blame her and wouldn't love her any more. It had to remain 'our secret.' At fourteen Toni fell pregnant by her father and for the first time shared her terrible secret. But just as her father predicted, everyone blamed her. Although he was eventually sent to prison, Toni continued to suffer, almost dying from a botched late abortion. She found herself judged and rejected by her family, teachers and friends, forced into a world of depression and madness with only herself to rely on if she ever hoped to build a happy life.
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♥princessjulia♥ (USA: DE) (2008/08/10):
This book hurt me to read. I've read so many books on the subject of abuse, all kinds of abuse. I'm not sure if it was the story itself, the authors writing, or something else entirely but this was very painful. Toni Maguire writes in a way that brings you directly into whatever part of the story you're reading without being so detailed that it gets boring. I feel like I've seen pictures or have visited the places she grew up. The pictures in my mind were so vivid because of her skill in writing. I definitely recommend the book to any memoir/non-fiction fan and also to anyone who tends to read abuse/recovery books but I do have to warn that in my opinion this isn't the average book.
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