Daddy's Little Girl

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Julia's family was a picture of respectability. To the outside world it was middle-class, decent, loving. But her mother didn't love her enough. And her father loved her too much.

Between the ages of seven and thirteen, Julia's father sexually abused her. While Julia's mother's obsessive domestic tendencies occupied her elsewhere, Julia's father concentrated his attentions on his daughter. When, eventually, Julia twice found the courage to reveal what was happening to her, her mother encouraged her to retract her allegations, and branded her a liar. Years later, after Julia had married and had two daughters, her father confessed - and Julia was able to record their conversation and press charges. Her father is currently serving eight years in prison. She no longer has a relationship with her mother and brother. This is the dramatic story of how, by confronting her painful past, Julia has begun to build herself a successful future.

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I devoured this highly impassioned account with the distinct feeling that I had been a privileged confidant - Hull Daily Mail

Daddy's Little Girl... makes for almost unbearable reading... The book graphically details the confusion and mixed emotions of a child being abused by someone they love. But it is also a book about triumph - how Julia moves on from becoming a victim and takes control of her destiny - Tivy-Side Advertiser

Bruising in its honesty... A gritty account of how a normal family can be betrayed by those with most power, the parents - Western Daily Press

A harrowing, emotional, brutally honest story; it's also an uplifting one of survival - The Western Mail Series

Courageously told, harrowing to read... inspiring for any abuse victim like her - Nuneaton Evening Telegraph

Author Bio

Julia Latchem-Smith was born in Basildon, Essex, in January 1981. She now lives in Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, with her husband Jonathan and daughters Molly and Katelyn. Her third child is due in December.