How Could He Do It? - Softcover

Emma Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848090005 ISBN 13: 9781848090002

Publisher: Preface Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

'In many ways we were an ordinary family: mum, dad, two kids, three dogs, one rabbit, two guinea pigs. I stayed at home, studying with the Open University, and dad worked, and the kids went to private schools. We lived in a rather nice semi in a rather nice area of Edinburgh, with a rather nice Volvo in the drive, and took rather nice holidays, wearing rather nice clothes. I loved Daniel deeply and I thought - no, I was sure - he loved me deeply, too. And we both loved our kids deeply (I thought). And that was as it should be. We had it made.

In some ways we weren't a completely ordinary family. There was Daniel, for one; he worked for most of the time we were married as a ship's engineer, and so he was away from home for up to four months and then home on leave for up to two. And Tamsin, our fifteen-year-old daughter, had specific learning difficulties.

But I'm pretty ordinary: an unlikely heroine. I am disabled because of back problems. I'm pretty fat - I've put on a lot of weight through lack of exercise and, yes, comfort-eating! Not the stuff of movies.

But I never for a moment dreamt that my family was all that extraordinary - until that day when Tamsin broke down and told me that her father, my loving husband, had been sexually abusing her.'

About this title

Book Description:

A heartbreaking true story of a daughter betrayed by the father she loved.

From the Back Cover:

'In many ways we were an ordinary family: mum, dad, two kids, three dogs, one rabbit, two guinea pics ... But I never for a moment dreamt that my family was all that extraordinary - until that day when Tamsin broke down and told me that her father, my loving husband, had been sexually abusing you.'

This is a heartbreaking story of a daughter abused by the father she loved; a mother's account of how her family was betrayed by the system that should have protected them. But it is also about the resilience to survive and move forward. In the face of the greatest betrayal of all, three shattered lives must be rebuilt, piece by painful piece.

About this edition

• Publisher: Preface Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1848090005
• ISBN 13: 9781848090002
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352