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Silent Child
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs
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Publisher's Summary
Unlike people with carefree previous lives, I packed away my past. There are some memories labelled 'Look at' and others 'Leave well alone'....
Emily Smith was held in a prison of fear for 10 years. When she was four, her father left and a new man was brought into her life. He loved her, he kept telling her so, but the emotional and physical abuse she suffered at his hands were a daily nightmare. Until one day, after he crept into her bedroom, her life became unbearable.
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- Amanda Whitmore
- 20-02-2021
Bit boring
I keep trying to listen to it and I can’t get into it. I haven’t finished it all yet, don’t think I will.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-10-2020
Fascinating story
So I don’t perhaps have the vocabulary to explain myself correctly but I’ll try my hardest. This story was fascinating and when you reach the part. I don’t think the author was petty at all. I was frequently frustrated with the author but that’s easy isn’t it.
having been so privileged myself. I found it confusing that the story would junk back and forth between child and adult. I would personally have preferred to just stick to a linear timeline. Overall I’m glad the author made the right decision finally. And I wish them all the best.
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- Fonyt
- 16-08-2020
Emotional, touching and so well told.
The author really takes you into her life. I couldn’t stop listening to her heart rending story. So glad to hear the positivity she finds at the end. Highly recommended.
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- helen wright
- 31-12-2020
Certainly not the best book I’ve read...
I wasn’t impressed with this at all. Good enough story but repetitive at times.
Unnecessarily graphic. The narration was poor I felt. Waste of my time.
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