Don't Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

by Toni Maguire

Book Overview

This heart-wrenching memoir from Toni Maguire tells the deeply moving story of an idyllic childhood that masked a terrible truth. Underneath her mother's gentility and her father's roguish charm lay horrifying secrets, which eventually led to their only child's near destruction.

The first time her father made an improper advance on Toni, she was six years old. Her father warned her not to tell her mother, or anyone else, because they would...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007223765
• ISBN13: 9780007223763
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Harper Element
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Heartbreaking

An emotional, heartbreaking journey through Antoniette's childhood, molested and raped by her very own father. A string of crimes perpetrated repeatedly for several years under her very own mother's nose, who deliberately chose not to see, adding to the psychological side of the torture. The bottom line is, how could it all be? Unfortunately, it just was. Strictly speaking about the narrative, I believe that the sense of helplessness and hopelessness conveyed by the voice of the child Antoniette, combined with her solitude, innermost feelings, fears and desperation are very well depicted. I can only hope that Ms. Maguire found it therapeutic to write down her memories. One would hope that by reading her book the awareness of the general public becomes higher and that victims and abusers of similar crimes find the courage to face and speak about it, and get the necessary help.