Broken

The Most Shocking Childhood Story Ever Told. An Inspirational Author Who Survived It.

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Broken

By: Shy Keenan

Narrated by: Judy Mason

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I was born and broken in Birkenhead, abused from infancy by a network of every kind of pervert from ‘thinks it’s love’ to ‘show it hurts’. I was unwanted, beaten, sold, swapped, photographed, filmed, left for dead, corrupted, blamed, betrayed, ignored and orphaned.

But I was also born with a fire inside me. I call it my Phoenix Fire. I am no victim—that word only describes what happened to me. Nor am I a survivor because that implies I am over it. I am a Phoenix—a work in progress. This is my story....

Abductions, Kidnapping & Missing Persons

Adventurers, Explorers & Survival

True Crime

Inspiring

Disappearance

True Crime Memoir

Nonfiction True

Critic Reviews

"I found Broken very painful (in fact, I remain haunted by its contents). Shy is trying hard to make the world a safer place for my children." (Observer)

"Beaten, left for dead and raped from the age of four, but now a national campaigner—Shy Keenan, we salute you." (Eve magazine)

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I applaud Shy’s persistence despite the continued disbelief she had encountered through her life. The best part I like about this book is how fearless and courageous Shy is about openly exposing the very real flaws of the abusive child “protection” system. Too often these systems will place themselves first by protecting themselves rather than to put in any effort to help repair the damages they have created. So many of these systems prefer to pay high priced lawyers instead of taking the often lower cost option of compensating their victims so that they may be able to afford to obtain some healing and comfort and enable them to turn their lives around for the better. Too often children in their “care” have been abused and programmed/conditioned (I refuse to use the misleading word “groomed”) and left wide open to be easier targets for further abuse in these systems. So many people have taken on such child “protection” systems world wide. With every case against these systems (so called experts in child “protection” who actually can do the most damage to children) the more it enables them to learn and improve their systems. Such systems rarely learn, believe or listen to those abused in their “care”, unless they are made to pay for such crimes. This is when these systems then try to improve, to avoid more future costs. Only those with experience being in such systems know best what would had helped them most and the changes that need to be done. Such things cant be learnt in universities from those with no experience. The battle against child abuses and systemic child abuses are growing movements and world wide there are so many individuals and groups who have experienced such horrors all working tirelessly advocating for much needed changes and improvements and Shy is also a part of these much needed movements. I think the narrator of this story let it down and I found that as the narrator read many sentences and statements using a tone that falsely implied it was a question. I found that irritating. However this should not reflect poorly in any way on this book, the story is harrowing, horrific and compelling, yet also shows much bravery, resilience, courage, strength and determination. Thank you Shy for sharing your story (this is no easy feat after facing much of your life not being believed) and thank you for all that you do for the movements against child abuses.