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This, shockingly, is a true story; a story of the descent of an ordinary good mother into a life of abject misery, humiliation and submission at the hands of the Probation Officer, a sociopath. Initially charming, he saw his victim simply as an instrument to be used. She thought he loved her. A pathological liar, he almost destroyed her and her family. Demanding attention, he wanted everyone close to her out of her life and almost succeeded. Physically violent, he told her he hit her because he loved her and she almost believed it when, afterwards, he tucked her into bed and read her poetry as if nothing had happened. Abusive to her children, they quickly left home, visiting only when they knew he wasn’t there. The pet rabbit wasn’t as lucky. He killed her. The woman has no name, for as she says in the book, her name never mattered.
Based upon a selection of her own diary entries the book is deliberately narrated in a stark, minimalist fashion, emphasizing the insignificance of the woman in the Probation Officer's eyes as nothing more than a chattel.
Throughout this time, the man continued to work as a respectable Probation Officer, going about his business, working with offenders both in prison and in the community. No one, but no one would have suspected what he was doing in his private life. This is an insight into that story.
Based upon a selection of her own diary entries the book is deliberately narrated in a stark, minimalist fashion, emphasizing the insignificance of the woman in the Probation Officer's eyes as nothing more than a chattel.
Throughout this time, the man continued to work as a respectable Probation Officer, going about his business, working with offenders both in prison and in the community. No one, but no one would have suspected what he was doing in his private life. This is an insight into that story.
