Don't Tell Anyone: A Child Silenced. A Woman Who Spoke. - Softcover

Felstead, Kelly

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798249177836

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

“Don’t tell anyone.”

Three words that silenced a four-year-old child.
Three words that echoed for nearly thirty years.

Don’t Tell Anyone: A Child Silenced. A Woman Who Spoke is a raw and unflinching memoir of childhood sexual abuse, trauma, and the long road to healing.

When the abuse began, she was just four years old. The perpetrator was someone trusted. The message was clear: stay silent.

So she did.

But trauma does not disappear just because it is buried.

What followed was a life shaped by what was never spoken - mental health struggles, destructive relationships, PTSD, infertility, postnatal depression, and a constant sense of fear that never switched off.

After nearly thirty years, Kelly makes the decision to report her abuser.

What follows is a nineteen-month investigation - statements, arrest, and review - ending in devastating disappointment when no charges are brought.

This is not a story of neat resolution.

It is a story of truth.

Of breaking silence.
Of confronting the past.
Of reclaiming power.

Kelly writes with honesty about trauma, EMDR therapy, infertility, motherhood, and what it really means to survive.

This book is for:

• survivors of childhood sexual abuse
• those living with PTSD and trauma
• women navigating infertility and loss
• anyone who has ever felt silenced

She was a child silenced.
She became a woman who spoke.

And once she did, everything changed.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798249177836
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 167