Daddy's Little Secret

Nov 16, 2024 10:53 AM

Author:Tina Davis

'I hated the thought of his child growing inside me...but at least I'd soon have somebody to love and, finally, somebody to love me back.'

Tina has never had a stable upbringing. Aged seven, she has a paranoid schizophrenic for a mother and her father is a distant memory. So when Tina gets a new step-dad, who lavishes sweets and cuddles upon her, she feels wanted for the first time ever.

Sadly, her new daddy isn't all that he seems. He begins to sexually abuse Tina, using chilling threats to scare her into silence.

Tina is so terrified, she even gives birth to four of her step-father's children without breathing a word. Her world becomes so warped the cruelty she endures seems normal. Until eventually, the tragic death of one of her innocent children makes her see otherwise...

This is the inspiring true story of how a frightened little girl grew into a fighter and finally found the strength to escape the man who stole her childhood.

Reviews

Don't resign yourself to a life of TV dinners and carpet slippers. One sniff of this book will have you falling in love all over again.

—— New Woman

Ellen Prescott writes with a literary flair that adds to the power of her story. She hits the reader in the gut on page 1: "In 1982, when my daughters were four and one, I decided to kill them . . . I was so in love with them, there at the door of their bedroom, that all I could think of was murder." You'd have to be anesthetized to put the book down at this point

—— Toronto Star

I recommend it to anyone, including most physicians who need a better understanding of human responses to suffering

—— Willard Edwin Smith, BSc, MD, FRCP

Well paced and at times excruciatingly well written

—— Quill and Quire

This is a gripping story which I read from start to finish at one sitting

—— Geist

A deeply moving and disturbing story of a woman winning the battle to create a safe place for herself and her family

—— The Leader

Powerful and well-written

—— Pacific Current Magazine

The saddest story I have ever heard... it touches levels of human agony far beyond the reach of everyday journalism

—— Craig Brown , Mail on Sunday

This book brought tears to my eyes several times... but despite the tragedy at the heart of the book, there are flashes of humour

—— Daisy Goodwin , The Sunday Times

Deeply moving

—— Angus McBride , Guardian

A searingly honest book

—— Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan , Daily Express

Extremely honest and candid

—— Lorraine Kelly , Sun

(A) testament to the ferocity of maternal love

—— Allison Pearson , Daily Telegraph

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