Heart of Darkness How I Triumphed Over a Childhood of Abuse

by Gould, Lynette; Richards, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781844543212
• ISBN10: 1844543218
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-28
• Publisher: John Blake

Summary

Though the almost unimaginable hell endured in her inescapable memories,ynette is a survivor. Through her great courage she is now able to tell herwn shocking story of multiple incest, multiple rapes and of being lured inton extreme child sex ring. Her story is horrifying and desperately sad and,n her own moving words, she speaks of her battle with the past and of thoseesponsible for the evil which ruined it. But, it is also a story with aessage of hope. Lynette Gould, a once carefree and happy girl, sufferedepeatedly at the hands of her own wicked father. After her father wasmprisoned for his monstrous acts, Lynette's mother fell into a relationshipith what seemed a friendly and caring man - just what the family soesperately needed. But, disastrously for Lynette, he had a mind as evil asis predecessor. Taking up where Lynette's natural father left off, heubjected her to even more sexual abuse which lasted for years. Eventually,e too was arrested, but committed suicide before he could be convicted -obbing Lynette of a vital sense of closure.;The nightmare world of

Author Biography

Lynette Gould was born in 1979 and grew up in Preston. Despite years of awful potentially life-ruining abuse she now has a successful career and lives with her husband and daughter. Stephen Richards has written and co-written a wide range of bestselling books on the subjects of abuse and lost childhoods.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Delivered Unto Evil	p. 1
Childhood Discipline	p. 7
Memories and Recollections	p. 13
Homely Violence	p. 21
When a Child's Trust is Broken	p. 31
Stolen Innocence	p. 37
A Fate Worse Than Sexual Assault	p. 43
Lightning Can Strike Twice	p. 55
The Poetic Justice of Suicide	p. 71
Lured Into a Child Sex Ring	p. 89
UK Child Sex Rings	p. 99
International Child Sex Rings	p. 153
Self-Harm Never Hurt Anyone	p. 209
Exploring My Sexuality	p. 217
A Last Farewell	p. 221
Suicide is Painless	p. 225
From the West Indies to the Isle of Wight	p. 231
Wedded Bliss - On a Shoestring	p. 235
Epilogue	p. 239
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