Please, Daddy, No: A Boy Betrayed

by Stuart Howarth and Andrew Crofts

Book Overview

Stuart just wanted his father to love him, but he was made to believe he was too naughty to be loved. Finally David Howarth was sent to prison for abusing Stuart's young sisters. Nobody knew the truth about Stuart's abuse until one fateful day when his father tried it again and Stuart fought back in the only way he knew how. Stuart Howarth spent the first thirty years of his life in mental and physical hell. After years of emotional torment and despair,...

• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 000783862X
• ISBN13: 9780007236381
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Harper Element
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Dr. John E. Bell, "Author of Invasion of the Baby Daddy

This book is an incredible read that takes the reader into the drama and intensity of raising a child and being a father to your child is a real responsible act and not just good intentions that are never manifested. This story sheds light on how many families deal in silence with the challenges of life that are expressed in children's lives negatively and are never dealt with in an appropriate way. This is a great read that will keep your attention from begining to end.

I could not put this book down, Shocking Truth of Todays world!!!

This is the first book I have started and finished in years. i just could not put the book down. You most certainly do not have to be a person who was abused or ill treated in anyway to appreciate where the Authoer "Stuart Howarth" was coming from in this book. I can guarantee anyone who starts to read this book will finish it within a week. I feel like I know the author just from reading his Honest, open and very real story! I respect him and wish him and his family the very best in the future. I feel this book should be used in Adult schooling, e,g social workers in training, DSS workers, Adoption agencies etc. It really is an eye opener!

I could not put this book down, Shocking Truth of Todays world!!!

This is the first book I have started and finished in years. i just could not put the book down. You most certainly do not have to be a person who was abused or ill treated in anyway to appreciate where the Author "Stuart Howarth" was coming from in this book. I can guarantee anyone who starts to read this book will finish it within a week. I feel like I know the author just from reading his Honest, open and very real story! I respect him and wish him and his family the very best in the future. I feel this book should be used in Adult schooling, e,g social workers in training, DSS workers, Adoption agencies etc. It really is an eye opener!

Extraordinary courage and power

This memoir by a British male survivor of a boyhood of extreme physical, sexual, and emotional abuse should be read by everyone. It will increase the reader's understanding of what is faced by child victims and adult survivors. Despite the tragedy of Stuart Howarth's childhood, this is a tale of triumph over seemingly impossible odds. It is testimony to the strength, creativity, and resiliency of the human spirit. Ultimately, this book is a work of love. I am a therapist who has worked with thousands of survivors of sexual child abuse, and have recommended this book to clients and colleagues. As the author of two books written for male survivors and their allies ("Victims No Longer" and "Leaping upon the Mountains") I know how important it is for survivors and their allies to learn that they are not alone. Please Daddy, No is not an easy book to read, but it is well worth reading. Mike Lew, The Next Step Counseling & Training, Brookline, Massachusetts