CORNERED, Louise Henderson
CORNERED, Louise Henderson
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CORNERED
The Painful True Story of My Child Abuse Hell

Author: Louise Henderson

Narrator: Cait Frizzell

Unabridged: 2 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/31/2019


Synopsis

Born in 1975, Louise was living a happy, normal life as the much adored only child of two loving and hard-working parents. But then the tragic deaths of her father and grandfather within two years of each other turn her life upside down.Having moved in with her mother's parents after the death of her father, Louise finds that her grandmother's increasing reliance on the local church for comfort after her husband's death draws a soon to be unwelcome guest to the family home: the verger, Mr. Jarvis. Whilst outwardly paying attention to her widowed grandmother, he also seems to be focussed on Louise herself, and abuses his position of trust, both at the church's Sunday school and in the family home, to force his unnatural obsessions on her.Even after Louise's mother remarries and she can finally look forward to moving away from Mr. Jarvis, Louise must endure one more harrowing attack before he is finally caught out. But even then, with child protection teams still very much in their infancy in the early 1980s, Louise still lives with the consequences of her unstable childhood.
WARNING: This book is based upon a true story of child abuse, and as such contains passages that some readers may find disturbing.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Read for your future! on October 22, 2012

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Goodreads review by Gabi on May 22, 2022

Like any other collection of short stories, some were excellent and stood out while others either missed their mark and/or compelled me to skip them entirely. Personal favorites: - "The Shift Sticks": The bullied confronts her bully through her music years later after both have grown. Honestly? This......more

Goodreads review by Claire on September 28, 2016

A very American anthology. Only a few short stories I really enjoyed.......more

Goodreads review by Marvelous on August 27, 2012

This book was great. I read all of the stories in about four hours and the reading went fast. All of the stories handled bullying sensitively and deftly. There were a few common themes like suicidal feelings and people being taunted with the words "fag" and "lesbo" but it never got repetitive. Lots......more

Goodreads review by Shadow Girl on July 13, 2016

It does not necessarily take a fist to create a punch in the gut. "This fourteen-story YA fiction anthology delves into the experience of being bullied—socially, emotionally, physically, psychologically, and sexually." I originally had this shelved as 'ya-general', but I had to add it to 'ya-horror' a......more