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Behind Closed Doors by Jenny Tomlin (Paperback, 2006)

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Jenny grew up in a house where no-one was safe. Born one of five children in the East End, her childhood was spent in squalor and terror. Behind Closed Doors. Jenny grew up in a house where no-one was safe from her father's violent beatings and sexual assaults, where her mother was his accomplice and a family outing was a trip to make a porn film.

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Jenny grew up in a house where no-one was safe. Born one of five children in the East End, her childhood was spent in squalor and terror. Her father's violent beatings, humiliations, and sexual abuse were part of daily life; her mother - also his sexual victim and savagely beaten - was no source of help. Deprived of love and all comforts, the children would turn to each other for support and to the only adult they could trust, Auntie. This is the story of how Jenny, her sister Kim and brother Laurence, not only survived but ultimately transcended the unimaginable degradations heaped on them. With the power of love, cunning, the blackest of black humour and an indestructible self-belief, Jenny eventually broke free of her past.

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PublisherHodder & Stoughton

ISBN-139780340837924

eBay Product ID (ePID)86560168

Product Key Features

Book TitleBehind Closed Doors

AuthorJenny Tomlin

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

TopicMemorials

Publication Year2006

GenreBiographies & True Stories

Number of Pages288 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height178mm

Item Width115mm

Item Weight162g

Additional Product Features

Title_AuthorJenny Tomlin

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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by jukes.trish
02 Sep, 2018
Brilliant book
I read this book very sad what this family went through and how they came out the other end,I have to say it was a sad story but very gripping could not put this book down may god bless them all but I admire the writer.
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by justjintyjeanette
01 Nov, 2018
Leaves one feeling very humble having lived a happy childhood myself.
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by terrynbarrc-0
13 Jun, 2024
This book 📙 I got for my wife as she was abused by her step dad. Its a very sad and moving true story This book 📙 is well worth having in your libr
This book 📙 I got for my wife as she was abused by her step dad. Its a very sad and moving true story This book 📙 is well worth having in your library plus the price was just right 👉in my eyes 👀 And my wife doesn't feel she was the only one. So I am very happy 😊 that this book 📙 will help her a lot. Thank you
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by karenwilliams920
19 Jun, 2019
Great price great quality
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by 3madi40bi0
05 Jun, 2019
Gripping read
Very sad and shocking in parts, but so gripping you have to press forward to see how the girls life’s conclude. A brilliant read x
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by leannefaircloth78
01 Jul, 2020
Behind Closed Doors
Couldn't put this book down. Read it in a few days, usually takes me weeks lol.
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by michellcrof6
23 May, 2024
A little worn but what do u expect for the price...can't wait to have a read
A little worn but what do u expect for the price...can't wait to have a read
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by jugra-15
09 Jun, 2023
Survived abuse
Very compelling memoir by woman abused sexually and every other way by monster father. But she came through it to find love and happiness.
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by metartagli_0
18 Mar, 2022
great book
it’s a very sad Story put a great book you can’t put it down
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by sanshe_6418
22 Mar, 2023
A very good read
It is a very emotional + good book.
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