"The Asylum is a shocking, heartbreaking and tragic story of resilience and courage that stayed with me long after the final page. "
The Asylum by Carol Minto is shocking, heartbreaking and tragic. A story of abuse and neglect, of a child abandoned not just by her own family, but by social services too - the very people who should have been protecting her from the dangers in society. Carol was abused by her brother when she was just 11 years old. Eventually sent away from home for being a 'problem child', she survived Aston Hall psychiatric hospital and the doctor in charge, who drugged, raped and sexually assaulted the children and teenagers there while other staff members stood by. I had to remind myself at times that The Asylum was a true story, showing the darkest side of human nature and one woman's reslience, rather than a crime-horror novel filled with astonishing twists and turns. This isn't an easy read, and it touched my heart, following Carol's story as she rebuilt her life and eventually found the courage to speak out against her abusers. A book that stays with you long after you turn the final page.
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For 46 years, Carol Minto has quietly gone about her life, carrying with her the most extraordinary and heartbreaking secrets.
Born into poverty and with mostly absent parents, Carol helped to raise her nine siblings. But when she was just 11 years old, her older brother began to sexually abuse her. After four years, Carol managed to escape - and ran away from home.
Picked up by social services they place her at Aston Hall in Derby; a psychiatric hospital now infamous for the ghoulish 'truth serum' experiments it carried out on children. Over three years, Carol was stripped, sedated, assaulted and raped by Kenneth Milner, the doctor in charge.
Eventually she is released back into the community, aged 18, and has a daughter. But the baby is taken away for adoption and Carol's trauma intensifies.In 2010 Carol finally plucked up the courage to speak out about the abuse she suffered - and received justice, at last.
In The Asylum, Carol tells the full story of how she overcame unimaginable suffering, to find the happiness and solace she has today as a mother and grandmother.
The Asylum features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, True stories: general, Social welfare and social services, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Social services and welfare, criminology, Society and Social Sciences
The Asylum is available in Paperback, Digital download
The Asylum was written by Carol Minto and published by Mirror Books
The Asylum has 304 pages
£7.19
