Born the third of eight children into a life of rural squalor in a farming community in the south of England, Faith Scott's infant world is already more challenging than most. Bewildered by the bizarre and cruel behaviour of her mother and terrified by the violent outbursts of her perpetually angry father, the only certainty in life is that there is none. So when Granddad 'Pop' gives her sweets and does the horrid things he does to her, how is she to know that isn't what all Granddads do? And if it isn't, why does her mother find it funny? Told with honesty and courage, this is the story of a little girl who never stood a chance - who was regularly abused in the most shocking ways by her family and preyed upon by the worst kind of men. Faith went on to have two children in her teens and endured appalling domestic violence but now, after all the suffering, she has turned her life around. Her decades-long journey out of the darkness tells the truth about what happens to abused children when they grow up, in a story that's horrifying and compelling in equal measure.
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Faith Scott is the pseudonym of an English woman who suffered appalling abuse within her family and is now telling the full truth of her shocking story. Lynne Barrett-Lee is a successful novelist and non-fiction features writer for magazines including Woman, Woman's Own, Best, Take a Break and Good Housekeeping. She has been published in numerous languages and works as a part-time writing tutor.
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By KARINA
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i couldn't put this book down when i first started then it was just repeating the same thing over and over again, could have published this in half.
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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Books like this one are always tricky to review. Firstly you have to applaud the person for having the courage to put pen to paper and allow others to share their life story but in other respects some of the tales that make it to print aren't as harrowing as a number of articles that have appeared in women's magazines or the principle storyteller really has a lot of problems that really haven't been addressed.
The latter is the case in this title as Faith really hasn't addressed a lot of her own issues. Firstly she demonises her own mother as an uncaring woman, doesn't recognise an undiagnosed case of a mental disorder and when she suffers a lot of the same conditions in her own life as well as inflicting the same sort of damage on her own children she expects sympathy, almost as a you must feel sorry for me attitude.
Faith also wasn't the classic case of a downtrodden beaten woman with no self-esteem, she managed to get herself a career, passed exams in order to progress and then went to work for social services where she got to go to other people's homes and see a lot of the problems that were going on in her own, and yet she still did nothing to change it. The book is also contradictory in a number of ways for example she also laid claim to not being able to have a bath and smelling and then made throw away comments about how wonderfully the teachers thought that she was turned out. It doesn't make sense; you're either one or the other.
All in its well written but that's the best thing I can say about it which I suspect is only due to the talent of established author Lynne Barrett-Lee.... Read more ›
The latter is the case in this title as Faith really hasn't addressed a lot of her own issues. Firstly she demonises her own mother as an uncaring woman, doesn't recognise an undiagnosed case of a mental disorder and when she suffers a lot of the same conditions in her own life as well as inflicting the same sort of damage on her own children she expects sympathy, almost as a you must feel sorry for me attitude.
Faith also wasn't the classic case of a downtrodden beaten woman with no self-esteem, she managed to get herself a career, passed exams in order to progress and then went to work for social services where she got to go to other people's homes and see a lot of the problems that were going on in her own, and yet she still did nothing to change it. The book is also contradictory in a number of ways for example she also laid claim to not being able to have a bath and smelling and then made throw away comments about how wonderfully the teachers thought that she was turned out. It doesn't make sense; you're either one or the other.
All in its well written but that's the best thing I can say about it which I suspect is only due to the talent of established author Lynne Barrett-Lee.... Read more ›
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By tocalosh
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I read this book in under 36 hours, it was so compelling that every spare moment i was reading, totally awe inspiring and took my breath away on practically every page.
i was amazed at how someone can write with such candor and honesty about something that is still considered taboo. the ending is just stunning, had me smiling and crying with admiration and i would not hesitate in recommending it to anybody
i was amazed at how someone can write with such candor and honesty about something that is still considered taboo. the ending is just stunning, had me smiling and crying with admiration and i would not hesitate in recommending it to anybody
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Rainbow
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What an amazing book, superbly written, compelling, exciting, terribly sad in places, amusing in others, and I couldn't wait to turn the page and find out what happened next. I loved it, couldn't put it down. Should be in the study section and every other section as well. An important read, it clearly demonstrates what happens to children who are abused when they grow up, and how it is impossible to recognise and move out of abuse once born into it. I felt the vulnerability and powerlessness of the little girl who had no-one to turn too, and it was as if the author was speaking directly to me. I was willing her to leave the abusive situations she inevitably found herself in as an adult and I wanted to go and help her, hug her,tell her it was going to be alright. What a brave woman to write with such honesty and hearfelt detail. I recommend this book wholeheartedly.
By SJ Schofield
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Enjoyed another well written non fiction story purchased from amazon books. The try a sample idea is brilliant as this gives you valuable insight into the book's contents.
By Ringo
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This book is very moving and true for a lot of people l hope who ever reads this book find it encouraging and helpful thank you to the author for such a good honest book good luck to you and your family .
By PCDATALINCS
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Having read it I wasnt impressed with the overall story line. It seems the person that wrote it has a fixation reather than an experience of the subject.
By jet45
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Yes its very brave and courageous to right a book like this and fair play to fs to go through with putting her story on paper, having been around fs i know that some of the later years have been changed to some thing there not - some true some not.
This book is a very good read if you work in social work. but would like to hear the real ending of the story as its all to chocolate box like.
This book is a very good read if you work in social work. but would like to hear the real ending of the story as its all to chocolate box like.
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A story of enduring courage
This is a story of extremes. One of extreme abuse suffered by an innocent child, and extreme violence used against her later in life. Read more
Published on 15 Oct 2010 by HanJ
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Once I started reading I Won't Forgive What You Did I was compelled to keep turning the pages and I finished the book in two sittings. I found the book amazing and incredible. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2010 by Judith Haire
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