Don't Tell Mummy

Synopsis of Don't Tell Mummy

«Don't Tell Mummy» is the memoir by Toni Maguire, published by HarperElement in paperback (352 pages, in English).

Toni Maguire recounts an apparently happy childhood that hid a terrible secret: her father's abuse began when she was six years old and her mother ordered her never to speak of it again. Isolated in rural Ireland, the author suffered mistreatment without support; at fourteen she became pregnant by her father and suffered a forced abortion that nearly killed her. The book also narrates the rejection by family, teachers and friends when the truth came to light, and her struggle to overcome the trauma.

The subtitle of the work is «A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal». The edition contains 352 pages in English, published by HarperElement in 2007.

For readers interested in memoirs of personal overcoming and real testimonies of abuse and survival.