Abandoned: The True Story of a Little Girl Who Didn't Belong - Anya Peters

This is the first book I've read from Anya Peters, my daughter-in-law gave it to me to read. Through reading it all my emotions surfaced, parts of it shocked me, other parts amused me and it also made me cry, but I couldn't stop reading it although I was sickened by events in the book. Anya Peters has captured what it was like to be an outcast and to not belong to a family unit, although she suffered mental and physical abuse from her cousins, who she liked to call her 'brothers and sisters', she still loved them and wanted to be a part of their family, but she was never really accepted. This ... more

In short- an amazing book. The sort of book that needs to be read when you have a couple of days off work, as you won't be able to put it down when you have read it. I recognised so many incidents that I have witnessed throughout life that it made me cringe many times, thinking of lost opportunites for "rescuing" people in the same situation as Anya. The story of a young girl, born in secret, "fostered" by her aunt until during her teenage years having put up with a lifetime of abuse and comfusion, not knowing who she could trust, she leaves home, and faces what could potentially be a lifetime ... more

This book was a gift from my parents for Christmas, and was one of the most loved presents that i received that year. From the second that i picked up this book i could not put it down, reading the terrors that Anya went through is truly heart breaking but also inspiring in the way that it will encourage you to change your own life to be as happy as you can be. Anya's story is extremely saddening, unique and heart rendering, an amazing story from first page to last. You will not be able to put this book down, not even for a second, reading as fast as your eyes will alow. THE best book i have ... more