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The inspiring true story of Vanessa Steel, whose childhood was overshadowed by a terrible secret. Plagued by torture and abuse by both her mother and grandfather, little Vanessa was nearly destroyed until she developed a secret power of her own that ultimately saved her life. From the age of 3, Vanessa lived in daily terror of her mother's unpredictable rage. If she was 'naughty', her mother would lash out at her - with beatings, torture, starvation and making Vanessa sleep in their garden's pigsty, tied up like an animal. Her mother said her punishments were God's revenge on her for being the devil's child. Her father lived in denial of her suffering. When she was 6 years old, Vanessa's grandfather began to sexually abuse her - to her despair, aided and abetted by both her mother and grandmother. At eight years old, she then discovered that the 'mother' who hated her so much had adopted her as a baby and would never love her as her own. At the most horrific times of Vanessa's abuse, she nearly lost all hope that she would escape her prison, until mysterious things started to happen to her that allowed her to fight back. This is the story of how Vanessa survived a childhood that nearly destroyed her and how her secret led her out of the horrors of her past.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780007256808
eBay Product ID (ePID)91679783
Product Key Features
Book TitlePunished: a Mother's Cruelty. a Daughter's Survival. a Secret That Couldn't Be Told.
AuthorVanessa Steel
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicMemorials
Publication Year2008
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height234mm
Item Width153mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorVanessa Steel
Topic AreaSocial Services
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom