| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
Product Description
Product Description
The next heartbreaking book by Toni Maguire.
Eight year old Marianne, the eldest of five children, was neglected by her slovenly mother and her violent alcoholic father. Uncared for and unkempt she was rejected at school by her peers and scarcely tolerated by her teachers. Only one person gave her the affection she craved; a neighbour who seeing the vulnerable child knew she was easy prey for his perverted desires.
‘Little Lady’ he called her over the few months he groomed her. Less than twelve months later she was caught in a trap of fear - if she talked she would be punished. With no one to turn to she kept ‘their secret’. At thirteen she fell pregnant.
Still too frightened to speak out she refused to tell the social workers who the father was. Without family support the teenager gave birth to a daughter in the unmarried mother's home.
Six weeks later the baby she had already grown to love was taken away for adoption. Marianne returned home, but the neighbour's abuse continued and a year later she was pregnant again.
This time her father literally tried to beat the baby out of her but she failed to miscarry. Scared for her life and that of her baby's she ran away from home carrying only a plastic bag stuffed with her few possessions.
Marianne who still missed her first child desperately struggled to keep her second daughter. Two months after the birth she realized that for the baby's sake she would have to hand her over for adoption.
Helpless is Marianne’s heartbreaking story as told the bestselling author of Don’t Tell Mummy.
About the Author
Toni Maguire lives in the UK and Ireland.
Marianne Marsh lives in Kent with her husband. She recently retired from the local hospital where she went into nursing. She now enjoys spending time with her grandchildren.
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Its a tragic story of a young child who no one noticed except a predetor who took advantage of her circumstances and betrayed her in the worst way.
Very well written and for once I wasn't left feeling I had only read half the story.
I wont spoil things but in the epilogue lots of questions remain unanswered, i know the book was about marianne and her daughters but it is frustrating that the neighbour gets away with things over and over again. This poor girl has no one to turn to, and even now 3 decades on he is still not named and shamed therefore maybe allowing him access to other vunerable children.
It is a great story of triumph over adversity and some areas are very difficult to read and i applaude mariannes honesty if only someone had cared enough to help her.
Anyway if you're the sort of person who enjoys reading about children being sexually abused, then you will love this. SHe gets sexually abused all the time.
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
