Trigger warnings: this podcast deals with rape, sexual assault, anxiety, depression and eating disorders.

Before the events that I describe in this audiobook, I naively thought that I was a person who knew how badly women are served by the criminal justice system when they report the crime of rape or sexual assault.

As my family and I actually went through the experience of the police, the courts, the legal process, I quickly discovered that I was wrong. I had no idea how bad it is.

In writing it all down and sharing it with you, the listeners, I hope to shed some light on all the things that mitigate against perpetrators even being charged, let alone convicted, of this terrible crime.

Can we change this? I’d like to think so but there is so, so much work to do. My first step is in publishing this audiobook. Please share it with your friends across the world, talk about it, shout about it. The more information is out there, the better.

If you would like to get in touch with me, I can be contacted on everyoneistalkingaboutthis@gmail.com.

I’ll leave you with some quotes that will certainly get you thinking:

“In effect, what we are witnessing is the decriminalisation of rape. In doing so, we are failing to give justice to thousands of complainants.

In some cases, we are enabling persistent predatory sex offenders to go on to reoffend in the knowledge that they are highly unlikely to be held to account. This is likely to mean we are creating more victims as a result of our failure to act.”

Report of the Victim’s Commissioner, Dame Vera Baird QC, 2020

“Whenever the profile of rape victims/survivors and their poor treatment by the criminal justice system begins to receive the attention it deserves, there comes a backlash and a rise in public concern regarding the fate of the ‘falsely’ accused.”

The Decriminalisation of Rape: Why the justice system is failing women and what needs to change

‘…the problem that the mothers of these girls [in Eastern Congo] faced was a problem faced by women everywhere: that even when they do speak up and denounce crimes against them, the criminal justice system so often fails them.

Sexual abuse thrives in silence, but it also thrives when men are free to act with impunity.’

The Power of Women by Denis Mukwege

Please be aware that this podcast mentions sexual assault, rape, eating disorders and mental health issues. There is occasional strong language and some graphic detail.

If you have been affected by any of the issues in this podcast, here are some organisations you can contact in the UK:
Rape Crisis
0808 500 2222 - calls are free.
Or you can visit their website - https://247sexualabusesupport.org.uk/

Beat, the UK's eating disorder charity
08088010677 - calls are free.
Or visit their website - https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/

You can also speak to your GP or, if you are still at school, someone from your safeguarding team.


To my listeners - please do tell your friends about this audiobook podcast and encourage them to listen so that as many people as possible are aware of the reality victims of rape are up against on a daily basis here in the UK and across the world.

Help me to spread the word!

And contact me on: everyoneistalkingaboutthis@gmail.com
or via Twitter: @63136_survivors to tell me what you like about the podcast and what I could improve.

Thank you!

Trigger warnings: this podcast deals with rape, sexual assault, anxiety, depression and eating disorders.

Most mothers will never have to find out what happens when their child becomes the victim of a horrendous crime. I, Lisa Lennox, never imagined that it would happen to my family, to my 17-year-old daughter. But one benign, ordinary summer's day, it did. And so began my family's immersion in the horror unleashed by such a crime, the trauma, the fear, the on-going nightmare of dealing with a police and criminal justice system which, if not completely broken, is certainly fatally fractured and struggling to cope.

Everyone is Talking About This is the true story of an ordinary family forced to face an extraordinary circumstance. I’ve tried to be honest and forthright about my desperate struggle to help my child get justice - and, on many occasions, to see the reason to go on living.

In the Prologue, you will meet my family -me, Lisa Lennox, my husband, Phil Canning, and our daughters Beatrice - Bea for short - and Iris, who is 15. You will hear about the struggles that have already plagued Bea's short life and the banal, mundane events that preceded Bea being callously raped by a complete stranger as she made the short, ten-minute walk from the nearby tube station to her home.

If I could erase that journey, expunge it, eradicate it from the face of the earth then of course I would do that. But I can’t. It happened and everything since then has been about living with the consequences of one man’s depraved actions.

Why should women and girls have to live like this? This is the question that really needs answering.

Please be aware that this podcast mentions sexual assault, rape, eating disorders and mental health issues. There is occasional strong language and some graphic detail.

If you have been affected by any of the issues in this podcast, here are some organisations you can contact in the UK:
Rape Crisis
0808 500 2222 - calls are free.
Or you can visit their website - https://247sexualabusesupport.org.uk/

Beat, the UK's eating disorder charity
08088010677 - calls are free.
Or visit their website - https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/

You can also speak to your GP or, if you are still at school, someone from your safeguarding team.


To my listeners - please do tell your friends about this audiobook podcast and encourage them to listen so that as many people as possible are aware of the reality victims of rape are up against on a daily basis here in the UK and across the world.

Help me to spread the word!

And contact me on: everyoneistalkingaboutthis@gmail.com
or via Twitter: @63136_survivors to tell me what you like about the podcast and what I could improve.

Thank you!

Trigger warnings: this podcast deals with rape, sexual assault, anxiety, depression and eating disorders.

Most mothers will never have to find out what happens when their child becomes the victim of a horrendous crime. I, Lisa Lennox, never imagined that it would happen to my family, to my 17-year-old daughter. But one benign, ordinary summer's day, it did. And so began my family's immersion in the horror unleashed by such a crime, the trauma, the fear, the on-going nightmare of dealing with a police and criminal justice system which, if not completely broken, is certainly fatally fractured and struggling to cope.

Everyone is Talking About This is the true story of an ordinary family forced to face an extraordinary circumstance. I’ve tried to be honest and forthright about my desperate struggle to help my child get justice - and, on many occasions, to see the reason to go on living.

In Episode 1, I’m woken by my husband who's just received the terrible news that 17-year old Bea has been sexually assaulted. As I rush to the place of safety where a kindly passer-by has taken Bea, I know that nothing in my family's life will ever be the same again. And this terrible night is just the beginning....

Please be aware that this podcast mentions sexual assault, rape, eating disorders and mental health issues. There is occasional strong language and some graphic detail.

If you have been affected by any of the issues in this podcast, here are some organisations you can contact in the UK:
Rape Crisis
0808 500 2222 - calls are free.
Or you can visit their website - https://247sexualabusesupport.org.uk/

Beat, the UK's eating disorder charity
08088010677 - calls are free.
Or visit their website - https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/

You can also speak to your GP or, if you are still at school, someone from your safeguarding team.


To my listeners - please do tell your friends about this audiobook podcast and encourage them to listen so that as many people as possible are aware of the reality victims of rape are up against on a daily basis here in the UK and across the world.

Help me to spread the word!

And contact me on: everyoneistalkingaboutthis@gmail.com
or via Twitter: @63136_survivors to tell me what you like about the podcast and what I could improve.

Thank you!

Trigger warnings: this podcast deals with rape, sexual assault, anxiety, depression and eating disorders.

Most mothers will never have to find out what happens when their child becomes the victim of a horrendous crime. I, Lisa Lennox, never imagined that it would happen to my family, to my 17-year-old daughter. But one benign, ordinary summer's day, it did. And so began my family's immersion in the horror unleashed by such a crime, the trauma, the fear, the on-going nightmare of dealing with a police and criminal justice system which, if not completely broken, is certainly fatally fractured and struggling to cope.

Everyone is Talking About This is the true story of an ordinary family forced to face an extraordinary circumstance. I’ve tried to be honest and forthright about my desperate struggle to help my child get justice - and, on many occasions, to see the reason to go on living.

In Episode 2, Beatrice visits the local hospital where I find certain members of staff unsympathetic. There are mysterious calls from an unknown number on Bea's phone - lots of them - coming from a WhatsApp account with a selfie of a young man. The horrific reality that Bea's attacker has somehow got hold of her phone number shocks me to my core. Phil is enraged.
Once back at home, the morning brings a new horror. How to tell Iris, Bea's 15-year-old sister, what has happened.

Please be aware that this podcast mentions sexual assault, rape, eating disorders and mental health issues. There is occasional strong language and some graphic detail.

If you have been affected by any of the issues in this podcast, here are some organisations you can contact in the UK:
Rape Crisis
0808 500 2222 - calls are free.
Or you can visit their website - https://247sexualabusesupport.org.uk/

Beat, the UK's eating disorder charity
08088010677 - calls are free.
Or visit their website - https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/

You can also speak to your GP or, if you are still at school, someone from your safeguarding team.


To my listeners - please do tell your friends about this audiobook podcast and encourage them to listen so that as many people as possible are aware of the reality victims of rape are up against on a daily basis here in the UK and across the world.

Help me to spread the word!

And contact me on: everyoneistalkingaboutthis@gmail.com
or via Twitter: @63136_survivors to tell me what you like about the podcast and what I could improve.

Thank you!

Please be aware that this podcast mentions sexual assault, rape, eating disorders and mental health issues. There is occasional strong language and some graphic detail.

If you have been affected by any of the issues in this podcast, here are some organisations you can contact in the UK:
Rape Crisis
0808 500 2222 - calls are free.
Or you can visit their website - https://247sexualabusesupport.org.uk/

Beat, the UK's eating disorder charity
08088010677 - calls are free.
Or visit their website - https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/

You can also speak to your GP or, if you are still at school, someone from your safeguarding team.


To my listeners - please do tell your friends about this audiobook podcast and encourage them to listen so that as many people as possible are aware of the reality victims of rape are up against on a daily basis here in the UK and across the world.

Help me to spread the word!

And contact me on: everyoneistalkingaboutthis@gmail.com
or via Twitter: @63136_survivors to tell me what you like about the podcast and what I could improve.

Thank you!

Trigger warnings: this podcast deals with rape, sexual assault, anxiety, depression and eating disorders.

Most mothers will never have to find out what happens when their child becomes the victim of a horrendous crime. I, Lisa Lennox, never imagined that it would happen to my family, to my 17-year-old daughter. But one benign, ordinary summer's day, it did. And so began my family's immersion in the horror unleashed by such a crime, the trauma, the fear, the on-going nightmare of dealing with a police and criminal justice system which, if not completely broken, is certainly fatally fractured and struggling to cope.

Everyone is Talking About This is the true story of an ordinary family forced to face an extraordinary circumstance. I’ve tried to be honest and forthright about my desperate struggle to help my child get justice - and, on many occasions, to see the reason to go on living.

In Episode 4, developments are made by the police in their search for the perpetrator. Two initial arrests furnish them with information that will allow them to apprehend the man responsible. But far from being the end of the story, this is just the beginning....

Please be aware that this podcast mentions sexual assault, rape, eating disorders and mental health issues. There is occasional strong language and some graphic detail.

If you have been affected by any of the issues in this podcast, here are some organisations you can contact in the UK:
Rape Crisis
0808 500 2222 - calls are free.
Or you can visit their website - https://247sexualabusesupport.org.uk/

Beat, the UK's eating disorder charity
08088010677 - calls are free.
Or visit their website - https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/

You can also speak to your GP or, if you are still at school, someone from your safeguarding team.


To my listeners - please do tell your friends about this audiobook podcast and encourage them to listen so that as many people as possible are aware of the reality victims of rape are up against on a daily basis here in the UK and across the world.

Help me to spread the word!

And contact me on: everyoneistalkingaboutthis@gmail.com
or via Twitter: @63136_survivors to tell me what you like about the podcast and what I could improve.

Thank you!

Trigger warnings: this podcast deals with rape, sexual assault, anxiety, depression and eating disorders.

Most mothers will never have to find out what happens when their child becomes the victim of a horrendous crime. I, Lisa Lennox, never imagined that it would happen to my family, to my 17-year-old daughter. But one benign, ordinary summer's day, it did. And so began my family's immersion in the horror unleashed by such a crime, the trauma, the fear, the on-going nightmare of dealing with a police and criminal justice system which, if not completely broken, is certainly fatally fractured and struggling to cope.

Everyone is Talking About This is the true story of an ordinary family forced to face an extraordinary circumstance. I’ve tried to be honest and forthright about my desperate struggle to help my child get justice - and, on many occasions, to see the reason to go on living.

In Episode 5, the autumn term starts and Lisa has to get back to work whilst still coping with the aftermath of the attack on Beatrice. Lisa and Phil attend a meeting at the police station with the Detective Sergeant overseeing the case. Lisa hoped it would bring some welcome news about the progress of the case and the likely outcome. But instead, the DS's words leave her angry, frustrated, incredulous and filled with fear.

Please be aware that this podcast mentions sexual assault, rape, eating disorders and mental health issues. There is occasional strong language and some graphic detail.

If you have been affected by any of the issues in this podcast, here are some organisations you can contact in the UK:
Rape Crisis
0808 500 2222 - calls are free.
Or you can visit their website - https://247sexualabusesupport.org.uk/

Beat, the UK's eating disorder charity
08088010677 - calls are free.
Or visit their website - https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/

You can also speak to your GP or, if you are still at school, someone from your safeguarding team.


To my listeners - please do tell your friends about this audiobook podcast and encourage them to listen so that as many people as possible are aware of the reality victims of rape are up against on a daily basis here in the UK and across the world.

Help me to spread the word!

And contact me on: everyoneistalkingaboutthis@gmail.com
or via Twitter: @63136_survivors to tell me what you like about the podcast and what I could improve.

Thank you!

In this episode, my family and I struggle to restore some kind of normality to our lives. We're just about managing - until a shocking event brings a whole new level of fear and distress....

Trigger warnings: this podcast deals with rape, sexual assault, anxiety, depression and eating disorders.

Most mothers will never have to find out what happens when their child becomes the victim of a horrendous crime. I, Lisa Lennox, never imagined that it would happen to my family, to my 17-year-old daughter. But one benign, ordinary summer's day, it did. And so began my family's immersion in the horror unleashed by such a crime, the trauma, the fear, the on-going nightmare of dealing with a police and criminal justice system which, if not completely broken, is certainly fatally fractured and struggling to cope.

Everyone is Talking About This is the true story of an ordinary family forced to face an extraordinary circumstance. I’ve tried to be honest and forthright about my desperate struggle to help my child get justice - and, on many occasions, to see the reason to go on living.

Please be aware that this podcast mentions sexual assault, rape, eating disorders and mental health issues. There is occasional strong language and some graphic detail.

If you have been affected by any of the issues in this podcast, here are some organisations you can contact in the UK:
Rape Crisis
0808 500 2222 - calls are free.
Or you can visit their website - https://247sexualabusesupport.org.uk/

Beat, the UK's eating disorder charity
08088010677 - calls are free.
Or visit their website - https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/

You can also speak to your GP or, if you are still at school, someone from your safeguarding team.


To my listeners - please do tell your friends about this audiobook podcast and encourage them to listen so that as many people as possible are aware of the reality victims of rape are up against on a daily basis here in the UK and across the world.

Help me to spread the word!

And contact me on: everyoneistalkingaboutthis@gmail.com
or via Twitter: @63136_survivors to tell me what you like about the podcast and what I could improve.

Thank you!