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Ils ont ravagé mon enfance
Dans les souvenirs d'enfance de Cassie, il n'y a pas de joyeuses sorties au parc, pas de repas en famille, pas de Noël autour du sapin. Pas un seul instant heureux. Juste une suite de brimades, d’insultes et de coups.
Mais le pire commence lorsque son père se met à abuser d’elle. Sa vie devient un véritable cauchemar qui va durer des années. La mère de Cassie est au courant mais, incapable d’aimer son enfant, elle ne fait rien pour la protéger.
La fillette n’a qu’une seule solution : supporter son calvaire. Après des années, enfin, elle trouve le courage de s’enfuir et d’essayer de reconstruire sa vie en se mariant. Mais son père a bien l’intention de poursuivre leur monstrueuse relation…
Reconstruire sa vie après la maltraitance : un témoignage bouleversant.
Mais le pire commence lorsque son père se met à abuser d’elle. Sa vie devient un véritable cauchemar qui va durer des années. La mère de Cassie est au courant mais, incapable d’aimer son enfant, elle ne fait rien pour la protéger.
La fillette n’a qu’une seule solution : supporter son calvaire. Après des années, enfin, elle trouve le courage de s’enfuir et d’essayer de reconstruire sa vie en se mariant. Mais son père a bien l’intention de poursuivre leur monstrueuse relation…
Reconstruire sa vie après la maltraitance : un témoignage bouleversant.
248 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 23, 2018
About the author
Toni Maguire
45 books557 followers“Don’t tell Mummy”, my memoir of my own childhood abuse, became a UK best seller in 2007. Writing about my experiences was hard emotionally, but in retrospect it has helped me deal with my past and realize that there is no shame in being the victim. It is never the child’s fault, whatever the abuser makes them believe at the time. How can it be? I then wrote a sequel, “When Daddy Comes Home”, which deals with the mental trauma of having a father jailed for incest, return to a home where my mother welcomed him back as if nothing had happened and turned her back on me.
My success with my two autobiographies encouraged others who had kept their childhood secrets hidden to approach me and five books depicting their stories followed: Helpless, Nobody Came, Don’t You Love Your Daddy? Can’t Anyone Help Me? All very different, but with one thing in common; the victims all thought they were somehow to blame.
I hope that my books have helped expose and lift the social taboos of acknowledging physical and emotional abuse together mental illness. Whereas children are victims, adults need to be survivors. I not only used my own name in my books, but placed my photograph there as well, making my point that no shame should be attached to having been a victim.
To date I have published over 1.5 million books worldwide. In October last year France published Madeline’s story, “They Stole my Innocence,” which will be available in the UK in August. Before I wrote it, I had started writing my first novel; a mixture of fact and fiction which happily I have now finished, titled “Pretty Maids all in a Row” Set against the capricious, unequal and often cruel landscape of London’s Victorian era, it is the story of Agnes a fisherman’s daughter and Emily a heiress. One travels to London in search for her sister, the other is kidnapped, simply because she is was so beautiful. Both girls are taken to Mary Jefferies, the notorious brothel keeper whose clients were some of the most powerful men in England. Her sponsor was King Leopold, the cousin of Queen Victoria. Against this background the passionate men and women known as the Reformers were striving to get the age of consent. This is a major departure in the style of my writing and I think my previous fan-base and totally new readers of my work will find it enthralling.
My success with my two autobiographies encouraged others who had kept their childhood secrets hidden to approach me and five books depicting their stories followed: Helpless, Nobody Came, Don’t You Love Your Daddy? Can’t Anyone Help Me? All very different, but with one thing in common; the victims all thought they were somehow to blame.
I hope that my books have helped expose and lift the social taboos of acknowledging physical and emotional abuse together mental illness. Whereas children are victims, adults need to be survivors. I not only used my own name in my books, but placed my photograph there as well, making my point that no shame should be attached to having been a victim.
To date I have published over 1.5 million books worldwide. In October last year France published Madeline’s story, “They Stole my Innocence,” which will be available in the UK in August. Before I wrote it, I had started writing my first novel; a mixture of fact and fiction which happily I have now finished, titled “Pretty Maids all in a Row” Set against the capricious, unequal and often cruel landscape of London’s Victorian era, it is the story of Agnes a fisherman’s daughter and Emily a heiress. One travels to London in search for her sister, the other is kidnapped, simply because she is was so beautiful. Both girls are taken to Mary Jefferies, the notorious brothel keeper whose clients were some of the most powerful men in England. Her sponsor was King Leopold, the cousin of Queen Victoria. Against this background the passionate men and women known as the Reformers were striving to get the age of consent. This is a major departure in the style of my writing and I think my previous fan-base and totally new readers of my work will find it enthralling.
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Displaying 1 - 13 of 13 reviews
February 19, 2023
Tells a sad real life story of the sexual abuse of Cassie by her father and who also mentally abused her brothers who had special needs . An evil sick man. It does sadden me that there was no one to help her really and the mother neglected her in more ways than one. But Cassie comes threw all of it .
April 17, 2025
Books like this break my heart. To know that there are real monsters out there who do things like this and think that it’s okay. I’m always honored and amazed at the courage of those who step out and tell their stories in a world fills with those who blame the victims.
April 26, 2025
This was very hard to read but was fantastically written. I felt so emotional from the first page and fought hard against the tears that threatened throughout this story. Absolutely heart wrenching.
February 23, 2025
I can’t explain it ..just heartbreaking 💔
July 4, 2026
Did You Ever Love Me? by Rithvik Singh is a gentle and deeply moving book filled with short, easy-to-read poems and notes about heartbreak, love, and healing.
It is written especially for people who love deeply, feel everything strongly, and find it hard to let go of the wrong relationships.
Readers love how comforting and relatable the book feels, like a warm hug or a quiet conversation with a friend who truly understands your pain.
While some advanced readers might find the simple writing style a bit average, it perfectly captures the raw emotions of feeling unappreciated and reminds you that your worth does not depend on someone else's inability to love you.
It is a beautiful, light read that will make your heart feel a little lighter by the time you finish it
It is written especially for people who love deeply, feel everything strongly, and find it hard to let go of the wrong relationships.
Readers love how comforting and relatable the book feels, like a warm hug or a quiet conversation with a friend who truly understands your pain.
While some advanced readers might find the simple writing style a bit average, it perfectly captures the raw emotions of feeling unappreciated and reminds you that your worth does not depend on someone else's inability to love you.
It is a beautiful, light read that will make your heart feel a little lighter by the time you finish it
October 5, 2018
A very sad story of what a little girl endured at the hands of a nasty man, her father!
What is perceived as a innocent show of love turns into years of torment by not just her father but her mother who knew the truth but never helped to stop it!
No child should have to go through this and still live with that every day!
What is perceived as a innocent show of love turns into years of torment by not just her father but her mother who knew the truth but never helped to stop it!
No child should have to go through this and still live with that every day!
June 26, 2024
Un sujet si difficile, si touchant, mais si bien expliqué et raconté. Nous sommes transportés dans son histoire à travers ses rencontres avec sa psychologue, comme si nous étions dans la pièce. Coup de ❤️.
September 5, 2022
Heart breaking story.
November 28, 2024
A very sad story with a good ending.
March 8, 2025
Truly heartbreaking. Some of the content is hard to read as knowing was true events my gosh what an inspirational lady
August 15, 2025
wanted a bit more indepth about how she recovered but still a good read xx
August 24, 2025
Hard to read very powerful book heartbreaking to think a child has no one to help them sad, I felt every bit of her helplessness
August 28, 2025
Heartbreaking story of a girl's childhood abuse, sexually, mentally, and physically abused by her own father.
5 for your bravery for sharing your story🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
5 for your bravery for sharing your story🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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