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Jenny Tomlin
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Behind Closed Doors |
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English |
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Paperback |
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240 |
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2006-2 |
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0340837926 |
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Hodder |
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Very good condition
Synopsis
This is the number one bestselling, heartbreaking childhood memoir of abuse and true story of the triumph of the human spirit. Jenny grew up in a house where no-one was safe. Born one of five children in the East End, her childhood was spent in squalor and terror. Her father's violent beatings, humiliations, and sexual abuse were part of daily life; her mother - also his sexual victim and savagely beaten - was no source of help. Deprived of love and all comforts, the children would turn to each other for support and to the only adult they could trust, Auntie. This is the story of how Jenny, her sister Kim and brother Laurence, not only survived but ultimately transcended the unimaginable degradations heaped on them. With the power of love, cunning, the blackest of black humour and an indestructible self-belief, Jenny eventually broke free of her past.
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♥princessjulia♥ (USA: DE) (2008/10/09):
There isn't much more than "Wow" that I can say for this book. I'm still amazed and when I think of parts my mouth drops open. I read books of this nature a lot and one would think it gets old after awhile, or so I'm told, but it never does for me. I'm still shocked that there are people, children, who have had and still have to endure this kind of torture and pain. I feel like I actually know Jenny and her sister Kim as well as their aunt. Their aunt passing actually brought tears to my eyes. The writing is fantasic and as far as I know there is a sequel to this which I must find asap. Definitely recommend to people who already read this kind of book- others will maybe find it tough to read.
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