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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-13
9780007223749
eBay Product ID (ePID)
87762757
Product Key Features
Book Title
Don't Tell Mummy: a True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal
Author
Toni Maguire
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Memorials
Publication Year
2006
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
153mm
Item Width
221mm
Item Weight
458g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Toni Maguire
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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