I was recently given this book to read by a family member, and to be honest when I asked her what the story was about I was quite dubious as to whether I wanted to read it or not as this is not the type of story I would personally go for myself. I must say though that once I started reading I could not put it down and had completed it in two days.
This book has twenty chapters, an acknowledements page and an Introduction which goes : " There are thousands of kids out there, just like me who suffer abuse on a daily basis. You can turn a blind eye and consider this too nasty to read about, or you can take a courageous step forward and share a few moments from my world. We can only bring about change by doing something postitve and being prepared to listen. This is my story."
The book as a whole, is a mans biography of how he spent his childhood being abused both mentally and sexually by his step father. All he wants is for his father to love him and thinks that what is being done to him is normal, untill he finds that he has been doing the same to his sisters, even his handicapped sister. He is made to eat his own bodily waste and food from the floor and made to watch pornographic images with his dad whilst preforming sexual acts on his dad.
Without giving too much of the story away, which im trying not to do, he ends up in prison as a young man for protecting himself, where again he suffered mental abuse form the prison wardens, he finally gets to air out what happened to him as a child in court and the judge actually says that it was one of the most graphic cases he had ever come across, he was still sentenced to two years, for what I wont say, again not wanting to ruin the story.
when Stuart was finally released he deceided that he would make a formal complaint against the prisons he attended for the years of abuse he suffered there. He won his case and was awarded damages.
About Stuart
Staurt now lives in Manchester with his partner Tracey who had stood by him through think and thinHe is now assisting others in recovering from post truama and addiction.
This book is not for the faint hearted as it contains some graphic material which can make you feel sick. It makes you wonder how people could do the things that Stuart had had done to him. But its an excellant read and really does open your eyes as to what goes on behind closed doors. I hope I havent given too much of the story away as this was not my intention. Get this book its fab.
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