A Family Secret: My Shocking True Story of Surviving a Childhood in Hell by Maureen Wood

BATB score: 9/10 🥺

a memoir of a sexually abused survivor sharing it all especially about how social services failed to save child victims aka completely missing their core job

Best as: bold, bold to write and claim your own story of child abuse, bold to put your own brother, mother, and step-father in prison, bold to be able to restart and finally enjoy life as a single mom of five children and one angel child 😇

Best to: she wrote the book in 2021 and then changed her name - she has finally completed this chapter, she is finally free to live 👏

Best for: not for the faint-hearted; you do feel empathy and admire her courage in reclaiming her life

BATB lingering thought: RIP Maureen Wood (her old name), thank you for sharing your story; real life is always scarier than any Netflix series

Best quote: “Brother and sister, father and mother, abuser and the abused.”