Please save me : one woman's battle for love and hope after horrific abuse by her father /
by Yousaf, Mandy; Watson-Brown, Linda.
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BookPublisher: London : John Blake Publishing, 2024Description: xii, 260 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781789467840 (pbk.) :; 1789467845 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 616.8583 YOUSubject(s): Yousaf, Mandy -- Childhood and youth | Adult child sexual abuse victims | Sexually abused girls | Society | Society | Memoirs | Child abuse | Social services & welfare, criminology | Family & relationships: advice & issuesSummary: This is a story of the sickening abuse to which a father subjected his daughter, which led to her giving birth to two children conceived from that abuse. Mandy's father was seen as a pillar of society but no one knew what went on behind closed doors. From the age of 11, he raped his daughter four times a week, like clockwork, forcing himself on her even when she was pregnant. After being dismissed and ignored for years, Mandy finally found someone to believe her and help bring her father to justice. This remarkable woman now tells her story in the hope of shedding light on the horrors so many children endure, as well as exploring the stigma of conception through rape.
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| 616.8553 EID The dyslexic advantage: | 616.8553 RID Living with dyslexia: | 616.8582 DUT The wisdom of psychopaths: lessons in life from saints, spies and serial killers | 616.8583 YOU Please save me : one woman's battle for love and hope after horrific abuse by her father / | 616.8588 SEA Asperger's syndrome in adults | 616.89 GOR Mad woman : how to survive a world that thinks you're the problem / | 616.89 KEM Are you really OK? / |
This is a story of the sickening abuse to which a father subjected his daughter, which led to her giving birth to two children conceived from that abuse. Mandy's father was seen as a pillar of society but no one knew what went on behind closed doors. From the age of 11, he raped his daughter four times a week, like clockwork, forcing himself on her even when she was pregnant. After being dismissed and ignored for years, Mandy finally found someone to believe her and help bring her father to justice. This remarkable woman now tells her story in the hope of shedding light on the horrors so many children endure, as well as exploring the stigma of conception through rape.
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