Scarred: She Was a Slave to Her Father, Pain Was Her Only Escape - Sophie Andrews Reviews
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Newest Review: ... wasn't even a teenager yet and her father turned his unnatural affections onto Sophie. We learn how her father was mentally, ... more
... physically and sexually abusing his daughter on a frequent and regular basis. However it didn't stop with at that, he was even bringing friends home to do the same.
Finally at the age of sixteen when Sophie could take no more Social Services managed to have her admitted to a psychiatric hospital where she remained for several years. Here we learn how she turned to self abuse to deal with the things she had suffered in the past, how she struggled to come to terms with it all and how, even years later, these demons stil...more
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by - written on 16/06/09, updated on 17/06/09 (Very useful, 157 readings)
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Whenever I'm in the supermarket I always find myself drawn to the book aisles where I often pick up a bargain; my latest one was two books for £7 which is quite good value I thought. I actually purchased four books as I found three that I'd either wanted to read for a while or were fairly new releases by authors I really liked, this accounted for three of the four books. When it came to choosing a fourth book there wasn't anything that overly grabbed me and so the purchase of Scarred was a somewhat spontaneous buy. Scarred was written by Sophie Andrews who wasn't an author I'd ever come across prior to purchasing this book. That's probably because Scarred is ... Read the complete review
by - written on 31/05/09 (Very useful, 81 readings)
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I like to read real life stories from time to time, as I like to get involved with things from outside of my comfort zone and possibly learn something new. I especially like it when the subject is people who have been hurt but bounced back, as was allegedly the case with Sophie Andrew's book Scarred. Scarred tells the story of a young girl who was adopted into a loving family that quickly went a bit wrong. Mother did not really relate to Sophie, and Father loved Sophie a little bit too much. Before long, Sophie finds herself being used and abused by not only her Father but the friends he was bringing home to rape her as well. Eventually, at the age of 16 ... Read the complete review
