Customer Reviews
Shocked & Saddened - By: R. Kyle, 16 Dec 2008 
This is author Toni Maguires true story of her harrowing childhoodin Belfastin the 1950's, at the hands of a sexually abusive father.
It runs along side of the story of her sittingin a nursing home as an adult, with her terminally ill mother. As she keeps her vigil, her memories come back to her & she begins to tell her story of her childhood. This is not a story of neglectin a material sense as is usually the case, but a fairly average childhoodin all other respects, interspersed with horrendous sexual abuse. As we find out, the damage caused lasts a lifetime for Toni.
This is another book I couldn't put down until finished. How a parent can do such things to a child is totally beyond my belief! It highlights the fact that so many families can hide such hideous secrets behind a cover of "normality" & "respectability".
Well worth a read.
Don't Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal
In Brief - By: Millie Warham, 30 May 2008 
This book is beautifully written & I was desperate to read Toni's sequel as I needed to find out if she ever did manage to get answers from her mother or a resolution over her father's actions.
The book is damning indigtment of the Northern Irish Protestant family that ostracised her for "shaming" her father by reporting the abuse when he had made her pregnant.
A step above many of the Memoirs of misery that currently flood the market.
I hope this book enables others to face the fear & speak out for themselves, or helps others to not keep secrets when they KNOW other family members or friends are being abused.
I applaud Toni Maguire, she is an inspiration.
HEARTBREAKING. - By: Leeds lass, 23 Mar 2008 I felt so sorry for this little girl as she struggled to cope with things she was too young to understand. Her father was an absolute monster, but it was the behaviour of her mother that i found the hardest to understand. Some women simply refuse to believe what is there rightin front of their eyes - & only they know why....
Both Very Addictive and Very Disturbing - By: bubblesorgan, 16 Feb 2008 I couldn't put this book down. It is suberbly written. I will never ever understand how anyone can hurt a child, especially their own flesh & blood. Toni has been through so much at the hands of her evil father. I find her to be a truly remarkable & couragous woman & she has my total admiration. Without giving away too much of the story, I found the chapters based on the "abortion" to be particularly disturbing. Just when I thought things couldn't possibly get any worse for this little girl, her future took a dramatic turnin that instant. Although I found the entire read very upsetting & heartbreaking, I cried so much more for her at that point because that ba*tard supposed to be her "Dad", altered the entire course of her future life.
AMAZING BOOK - AMAZING AUTHOR - AMAZINGLY HORRENDOUS EVENTS.
*****
A Really Heartbreaking Story... - By: C. Ryder, 14 Jan 2008 I Managed To Read This Book In Four Hours!! A Real Insight Into How Life Was For Toni As A Youngster.
Toni Has Shown Extreme Courage To Complete This Autobiography & Share It With Others.
I Could Not Put This Book Down. I Cried For The Childhood Toni Missed & I Had.
I Am Now Reading When Daddy Comes Home,, Again I Cannot Put The Book Down & I Will No Doubt Be Finished Soon.
This Book Is Worth Every Moment You Spend Reading It.
