Daddy's Girl

by Melissa Parker

This is the first volume of ‘Daddy’s Girl’ - a biographical account of Laura and her journey from early childhood in a run down area of Notting Hill in London to her return to the city at the age of nineteen years and the start of the next chapter in her life.Laura’s early life chances are shaped and moulded not only by desperate family circumstances but also the effect of living with a sadistic and cruel father. His obsession with inflicting physical and emotional violence upon his eldest daughter is at the heart of Laura’s story.The narrative follows Laura and her family from London to Nottingham; emigration to Australia; return to the UK; bitter family feuds and rivalries; frustrated ambitions; the challenge of childhood poverty.The golden thread woven into the fabric of this true story is the brutality that follows Laura from childhood well into her teenage years. It is overlaid with a growing and positive theme of hope over adversity. This is the account of one victim’s fight to resist and overcome the forces of indifference and her struggle to survive.

39 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 25, 2012