Dimensions
129 x 200 x 21mm
The most shocking story of a brutal childhood you have ever read by the most inspirational author ever.
'I was born and broken in Birkenhead. I was unwanted, beaten, sold, swapped, photographed, filmed, left for dead, corrupted, blamed, betrayed and ignored. But I was also born with a fire inside me. I call it my Phoenix Fire. I am no victim that word only describes what happened to me. Nor am I a survivor because that implies I am over it. I am a Phoenix a work in progress. This is my story.'
Shy wasn't meant to survive her childhood. Six years ago her testimony secured the imprisonment of Stan and his associates for a catalogue of crimes against children. But it was only after a journey fraught with horror stealing to survive on the streets of London, prison and a suicide bid.
Today, Shy is the internationally admired chief advocate for Phoenix Survivors, the campaigning group she founded with Sara Payne to fight for justice for victims of child sexual abuse. They have worked tirelessly with politicians, social services, the legal system and the media for justice for victims of child sex abuse. BROKEN is the most hard-hitting memoir of overcoming abuse you will ever read. It is both a challenge and an inspiration.
