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Why, father? : betrayed by those meant to love me, this is my true story of survival / Toni Maguire with Gerri Mayo.

By: Maguire, Toni [author.]Contributor(s): Mayo, Gerri [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : John Blake Publishing, 2023Description: 341 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781789465907Subject(s): Mayo, Gerri -- Childhood and youth | Adult child sexual abuse victims -- Biography | Child sexual abuse -- Biography | Sexually abused girls -- BiographyGenre/Form: Autobiographies. DDC classification: 362.76092 Summary: Gerri was only a young girl when she was first abused by her father. After her mother found out, and believing there was nothing she could do to help her child, nor deal with the stigma attached to it in their small Northern Irish town in the 1960s, she committed suicide. Gerri and her siblings were split up and placed in different foster homes, all knowing they were unlikely to see each other ever again. Told that her mother had committed a grave sin, Gerri was completely alone and abandoned as she confronted even more horrors from her past. After years of shame and isolation, she finally met a man who would help her heal the wounds she had been left with. With his love and support, Gerri decided it was time for her story to be told. Why, Father? is her true and moving story of survival.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
wnor- Book	Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction	362 .76092 MAG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	05/07/2024	31111089103236

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Gerri was only a young girl when she was first abused by her father. After her mother found out, and believing there was nothing she could do to help her child, nor deal with the stigma attached to it in their small Northern Irish town in the 1960s, she committed suicide. Gerri and her siblings were split up and placed in different foster homes, all knowing they were unlikely to see each other ever again. Told that her mother had committed a grave sin, Gerri was completely alone and abandoned as she confronted even more horrors from her past. After years of shame and isolation, she finally met a man who would help her heal the wounds she had been left with. With his love and support, Gerri decided it was time for her story to be told. Why, Father? is her true and moving story of survival.

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