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The shocking true story of a stolen childhood
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At just six years old Tom Wilson fell prey to a predator of the worst sort. David Murphy was supposed to be his carer, instead he lifted his victims from their beds in the dead of night, and Tom was powerless to stop it.
Tom endured years of horrific abuse which led to years of silence and self-torture. He grew up to be a troubled man, stumbling through care homes, schools, borstal and eventually prison. The damage that was done to him in those early years had destroyed his life.
Then, one day, Tom read a newspaper article which unlocked the terrible memories he'd kept hidden for over forty tormented years. And a painful battle for justice began...
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Highly recommended biography by Tom Wilson (brother of Jockey Wilson, former darts champion).
Tom's book is a very sad sometimes heartbreaking life story dealing with severe family problems at home in his early years leading to him being put
into care at the age of 3.
He was abused terribly by one of the carers at the home and kept it secret for many years. His secret trauma led to lots of problems in his teenage years and for many years after.
It is with relief to the reader that Tom has found some inner peace in later life by very bravely helping the courts to prosecute this man for the abuse of several children who suffered at the evil hands of David Murphy.
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Tom's book is a very sad sometimes heartbreaking life story dealing with severe family problems at home in his early years leading to him being put
into care at the age of 3.
He was abused terribly by one of the carers at the home and kept it secret for many years. His secret trauma led to lots of problems in his teenage years and for many years after.
It is with relief to the reader that Tom has found some inner peace in later life by very bravely helping the courts to prosecute this man for the abuse of several children who suffered at the evil hands of David Murphy.
RECOMMENDED READING
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Considering the book spans half a century of someone's life Tears at Bedtime is short and sweet but thanks in part to Andrew Croft's ghostwriting, you can either speed-read the book like a novel or take your time to really appreciate the journey Tom Wilson has undertaken.
I chose the latter and finished reading it in a week. It's brutally honest about the rift (or differences in coping) between siblings in the same care situation which would come back to haunt the brothers later in life and the failures at marriage and perceived failures at parenting following the systematic abuse Wilson suffered as a child.
Wilson is also honest about being no angel after leaving care and the difficulties he faced in attempting to live a normal life and eventually fight for, and get, some degree of justice much later and in being honest, gives a more rounded account of survival by keeping it in a single book, unlike Tell Me Why Mummy by David Thomas. I bought this at the same time as Unloved by Peter Roche which has also hit paperback, both are worth picking up in a bundle deal if you're a fast reader of average-length paperbacks.
I chose the latter and finished reading it in a week. It's brutally honest about the rift (or differences in coping) between siblings in the same care situation which would come back to haunt the brothers later in life and the failures at marriage and perceived failures at parenting following the systematic abuse Wilson suffered as a child.
Wilson is also honest about being no angel after leaving care and the difficulties he faced in attempting to live a normal life and eventually fight for, and get, some degree of justice much later and in being honest, gives a more rounded account of survival by keeping it in a single book, unlike Tell Me Why Mummy by David Thomas. I bought this at the same time as Unloved by Peter Roche which has also hit paperback, both are worth picking up in a bundle deal if you're a fast reader of average-length paperbacks.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is the true and thought-provoking story of how child abuse can affect lives years after the actual abuse has ended.
Tom Wilson was a resident in a children's home and was subjected to years of abuse from the man who he should have been able to trust to care for his best interests. He recounts how this abuse affected him mentally and mapped out his life for him - going from various care institutions to various prisons as he grew up. He does however, manage to defy the odds and eventually makes a happy life with a woman he loves.
This book is told as a memoir and Mr Wilson really allows the reader access to his personal thoughts and emotions. It is heartbreaking to read about his various relationships with people, including his family, throughout his life, but equally heartwarming to learn that years following the abuse he finally gains some closure. This book really opens the readers' eyes to the shocking affects of child abuse in the twentieth century and how certain people placed in positions of authority exploited this and seemingly went undetected until their victims were brave enough to speak out.
Tom Wilson was a resident in a children's home and was subjected to years of abuse from the man who he should have been able to trust to care for his best interests. He recounts how this abuse affected him mentally and mapped out his life for him - going from various care institutions to various prisons as he grew up. He does however, manage to defy the odds and eventually makes a happy life with a woman he loves.
This book is told as a memoir and Mr Wilson really allows the reader access to his personal thoughts and emotions. It is heartbreaking to read about his various relationships with people, including his family, throughout his life, but equally heartwarming to learn that years following the abuse he finally gains some closure. This book really opens the readers' eyes to the shocking affects of child abuse in the twentieth century and how certain people placed in positions of authority exploited this and seemingly went undetected until their victims were brave enough to speak out.
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