From the mouths of mothers
By: Amanda Stuart-Fisher
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Mothers of sexually abused children; Drama
Description: A verbatim play created from the testimonies of seven mothers who have had to come to terms with the devastating reality of their children being sexually abused. In a society in denial of the widespread occurrence of the sexual abuse of children and with a system ill-equipped to deal with the families, the women tell the often harrowing stories of how they have struggled to access medical and social services for their families as well as justice from the courts.
Notes: Previously issued in print: Twickenham: Aurora Metro Books, 2013.

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