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Can't Anyone Help Me

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Can't Anyone Help Me

Contributors:

By (Author) Toni Maguire

ISBN:

9780241951743

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publication Date:

12th September 2011

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Child abuse

Dewey:

362.76092

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

304

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 18mm

Weight:

204g

Description

Abused, unloved and alone- the true story of a little girl with a terrible secret Jackie was an unwanted child. So unwanted that her mother regularly left Jackie at her uncle's house. Which was when the nightmare started. For when his wife went out, her uncle's friends came round. He had a Special Room. In it Jackie was tied up and molested, beaten, burnt by cigarettes and urinated on. Sometimes other children were brought along. Jackie got to know the Special Room intimately. Jackie could never bring herself to tell her mother. She ended up in a home for disturbed children. She ran away, and a life of homelessness, drugs, prostitution and psychiatric wards followed. Eventually, Jackie sought help. But could she turn her life around Would her evil uncle and his Special Room haunt her forever Can't Anyone Help Me is the inspirational story of struggle and survival against all odds as one young woman attempts to put her torturous past behind her and make a future for herself.

Author Bio

Toni Maguire is the author of four bestselling books- Don't Tell Mummy, When Daddy Comes Home, Nobody Came and Helpless.

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