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Cynthia Owen grew up in Ireland, went to the local convent school, said her prayers and took her first communion with all the other girls in her class. But behind the façade of respectability lurked a hideous reality.
Cynthia was just eight years old when she was sexually abused by her father amongst others. Shortly before her eleventh birthday she was made pregnant and, minutes after giving birth to the baby, Cynthia watched in horror as her own mother murdered the tiny infant, named Noleen, by repeatedly stabbing her with a knitting needle. Cynthia’s mother then wrapped the baby girl in a plastic bag, dumped her in an alleyway and made her daughter go back to school and pretend nothing had ever happened.
After enduring many more years of rape and violence, Cynthia came forward and reported her abuse and Noleen’s death.
Finally, in 2007, after a fifteen-year legal fight to have her baby girl formally identified, the jury at the ‘Dun Laoghaire Baby’ inquest declared that the baby found dead in an alleyway thirty-four years previously was Noleen Murphy, the daughter of Cynthia Owen.
Cynthia’s is a horrific story of brutality and loss, but ultimately, it is an account of love, immense bravery and her fight for justice in Noleen’s name.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book and read it over 2 days. It was an exellent account of the authors tragic life. Cynthia is born into a family who are totally dysfunctional, she is abused by her father from an early age, with her mothers approval... the mother also allows "friends" to abuse Cynthia, It is she who instigates the abuse by sending the child to her fathers bed. As well as being ignored, battered, starved, and treated as a non person in her home, the school set up is no better, the nuns taunt her about her clothes, her lice ridden hair and take every opportunity to belittle and beat the child. Then.. she finds herself preganant at 11 and is convinced that her tummy contains a "freak" by her mother, the baby is born and murdered on the same night. Truly horrific story of one woman's fight to get acknowledgment and a name for her murdered child. It also transpires that the authors younger siblings were violently sexually and physically abused from a young age, we learn what the repercussions are for them in their teenage and adult lives and how Cynthias parents deny all. A truly eyeopening, heartbreaking account of such a vile crime. Fantastically written, terribly upsetting to read in parts but inspiring when you finish the book and realise that Cynthia has risen above all of the trauma and tragedy. Excellent
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
gruesome story, was very angry at how this young girl and her siblings were treated by everyone especially her parents, couldn't put the book down until i finished reading it. well done to the author, cynthia owen, for being able to tell her story and see it through to the end.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This is an excellent book about the tragic life of a young girl in Ireland. The author, Cynthia Owen is the child the book is about and it is an account of the tragic abuse she suffered at the hands of her Mum and Dad in the 1970's onwards. It is co-written by an excellent writer Rachel Murphy which must have been hard, to hear the trauma recounted to her by Cynthia. It is hard to believe that this happened in the 1970's and people around the child chose to ignore it. Not only that, they added to her suffering by physically and mentally abusing her themselves. If I was one of them, and they know who they are, i could not live with myself. To know that they could have intervened and stopped Cynthia's suffering is tragic. It is clear that Cynthia has been scarred for life by the trauma of the events in her childhood but has been brave enough to re-count these memories to enlighten others.She has shown that she has survived and as an adult now, is finally happy, and other abused people could be too.
It is a lesson to us all to realise that if we have a 'normal' happy family, we are very fortunate, as not everyone does.And if you know or suspect a child is being abused, you should speak up and do something about it, as you could save their life.
An excellent book and a 'must read' for every-one!
It is a lesson to us all to realise that if we have a 'normal' happy family, we are very fortunate, as not everyone does.And if you know or suspect a child is being abused, you should speak up and do something about it, as you could save their life.
An excellent book and a 'must read' for every-one!
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A moving true story that will stay with you always
I read this book as a library book prior to purchasing a kindle and I remember having to put the book down and then picking it up and re-reading the same part because it was so... Read more
Published 5 days ago by LJB
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This as got to be the best book i have read, horrific at times and heartbreaking but it grips ya all the way through, x
Published 2 months ago by S. Nicholls
The title is accurate - be aware that it is incredibly sad and...
Well I read this in a couple of hours in the library, and I must say I left feeling very low. (The amount of these kind of child-abuse books on the shelf - all with similar titles... Read more
Published 3 months ago by London_nurse
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Shocking,true story that will have you in tears.I had to put this book down for a day or two at a time. Read more
Published 7 months ago by J. tunnacliffe
sad story, but a page turner
This book made me cry half a good few times, i had to put the book down and take a few deep breaths, i have recommended this book to many others.
Published 9 months ago by Ms. L. P. Loughney
very very very sad
this book is one of the saddest books i have read i finished it in a couple of days i couldnt put it down and i found my self welling up the whole way through. Read more
Published 9 months ago by cat90
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This is a very good but shocking read. I finished the book within 2 days and cried most of the way through it, Esp when she gives birth. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Sarah
This is a true horror story!
I read this book last year and it's a book you won't forget. A harrowing story to read and it gave me the chills, it was so horrendous that I unfortunately was not able to read all... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Laila Bevan
Inspiring
A really harrowing story. You can't quite believe a child was subjected to such evil neglect and abuse. I really sobbed. Read more
Published 14 months ago by C. Wright
Truth?
I have read this book and am really finding it hard to believe it is all true?
I wonder if parts of it are and the rest is exagerated for effect. Read more
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