We call these devastatingly traumatic childhood memoirs ‘agony books’ in the trade. It all seemed to start with Dave Pelzer’s A Child Called It and suddenly the flood-gates were open. In fact this author (she is using a pseudonym) admits it was Dave’s book that gave her the courage to go to the police, which surely must be a good thing. Her’s is a tragic story of abuse, both physical and mental, by her stepfather who was eventually jailed for seventeen years. It’s an awful tale, heartrending, dramatic and powerful.
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About The Little Prisoner
An inspirational true story of a 4 year old girl who fell into the power of a man whose evil knew no bounds. She encountered terrifying mental and physical torture from her psychopathic stepfather for a period of 17 years until she managed to break free, her spirit still unbrokenHeld as a prisoner, subject to horrendous emotional and physical abuse, it wasn't until Jane was 21 that she managed to escape. But it took another five years of living in hiding before she felt able to go to the police.Nearly every witness who could have attested to the evil and violent behaviours of her stepfather was too frightened to come forward.
An inspirational true story of a 4 year old girl who fell into the power of a man whose evil knew no bounds. She encountered terrifying mental and physical torture from her psychopathic stepfather for a period of 17 years until she managed to break free, her spirit still unbrokenHeld as a prisoner, subject to horrendous emotional and physical abuse, it wasn't until Jane was 21 that she managed to escape. But it took another five years of living in hiding before she felt able to go to the police.Nearly every witness who could have attested to the evil and violent behaviours of her stepfather was too frightened to come forward.
Would the judge and jury believe Jane and her small band of brave supporters?The Little Prisoner is the shocking, astonishing and ultimately uplifting true story of one woman's shattering twenty-year ordeal; and how she triumphed over an evil and violet human monster when honesty and bravery were her only weapons. A heart-rending and inspirational tale of courage and survival.
Jane Elliott is a pseudonym. She first decided to tell her story to the police after taking inspiration from Dave Pelzer's powerful memoir, A Child Called It. She become convinced she should not remain a silent victim but act against the evil stepfather who had kept her a virtual prisoner for so many years.
An inspirational true story of a 4 year old girl who fell into the power of a man whose evil knew no bounds. She encountered terrifying mental and physical torture from her psychopathic stepfather for a period of 17 years until she managed to break free, her spirit still unbrokenHeld as a prisoner, subject to horrendous emotional and physical abuse, it wasn't until Jane was 21 that she managed to escape.
The Little Prisoner features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, eBooks of the Month, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Recommendations
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The Little Prisoner was written by Jane Elliott and published by HarperElement an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
The Little Prisoner has 336 pages
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