2016 Sep 14
‘I felt secure in my mother’s love. She would tell him to stop.
She didn’t.’
This is one little girl’s heartbreaking, inspiring story. This heart-wrenching memoir from Toni Maguire tells the deeply moving story of an idyllic childhood that masked a terrible truth.
Toni Maguire brings us a tragic and difficult story about her childhood – a story about abuse. This book is an eye-opener for all the readers out there, and gives us a fresh and unmasked glance into a horrible truth. Although it is now 10 years old, this book is still highly relevant today.
The author crafts the story beautifully, and it is most definitely a page turner. Readers will be eager to keep reading until the end, to find out what happens. This book provides us with a new perspective in many areas, and to discover a side of life to which we are unexposed and unfamiliar with. The book explores many dark themes and relationship dynamics in such situations. In certain instances, the occasional reader may find it difficult and dreary. Therefore, this is not everyone’s cup of tea, but will definitely take you on an emotional roller coaster.
~Vandana Hiranand~
