Little Prisoner (eBook)

How a childhood was stolen and a trust betrayed

Jane Elliott (Autor)

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2010 | 1. Auflage
336 Seiten
HarperCollins Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-00-735901-1 (ISBN)

Infos

An inspirational true story of a 4 year old girl who fell into the power of a man whose evil knew no bounds. She encountered terrifying mental and physical torture from her psychopathic stepfather for a period of 17 years until she managed to break free, her spirit still unbroken Jane Elliott fell into the hands of her sadistic and brutal stepfather when she was 4 years old. Her story is both inspiring and horrifying. Kept a virtual prisoner in a fortress-like house and treated to daily and ritual abuse, Jane nonetheless managed to lose herself in a fantasy world which would keep her spirit alive. Equally as horrifying as the physical abuse Jane suffered, were the mental games her tormentor played ? getting his kicks from seeing Jane humiliated, confused, crushed and defeated at every turn. Her family and neighbourhood were all terrified of Jane?s stepfather so no-one held out a rescuing hand. So Jane had to help herself. When she was 21 she ran away with her baby daughter and boyfriend to start a new life in hiding. Several years on she found the courage to go to the police. A court case followed where Jane bravely stood up against the unrepentant aggressor she so feared. He was jailed for 17 years. Jane?s family took his side.

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From the age of four, Jane Elliott was forced to carry a terrible secret...Dominated, bullied and sexually abused by her stepfather for 17 years, The Little Prisoner is a devastating true story of one girl's struggle from freedom.Held as a prisoner, subject to horrendous emotional and physical abuse, it wasn't until Jane was 21 that she managed to escape. But it took another five years of living in hiding before she felt able to go to the police.Nearly every witness who could have attested to the evil and violent behaviours of her stepfather was too frightened to come forward. Would the judge and jury believe Jane and her small band of brave supporters?The Little Prisoner is the shocking, astonishing and ultimately uplifting true story of one woman's shattering twenty-year ordeal; and how she triumphed over an evil and violet human monster when honesty and bravery were her only weapons. A heart-rending and inspirational tale of courage and survival.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.4.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-00-735901-2 / 0007359012
• ISBN-13: 978-0-00-735901-1 / 9780007359011