Crying in the dark
By: Shane Dunphy
Publisher: Penguin Ireland; Penguin Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Dublin; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780141031354
Subjects: Case studies; Abused children; Rehabilitation
Work titles: Last ditch house
Description: Four extraordinary true stories... Bobby and Micky, six and four, controlled from beyond the grave by their evil father... Mina, seventeen, who has Downs Syndrome, desperate to be like everyone else, falling into the hands of men who abuse her trust... Sylvie, a fourteen-year-old mother being pimped by her father.
Notes: Originally published as: Last ditch house, Dublin : Gill and Macmillan, 2007.