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Behind Closed Doors
Jenny Tomlin
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Description for Behind Closed Doors
Paperback. The number one bestselling, heartbreaking childhood memoir of abuse and true story of the triumph of the human spirit. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; BG; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 111 x 19. Weight in Grams: 190.
Jenny grew up in a house where no-one was safe. Born one of five children in the East End, her childhood was spent in squalor and terror. Her father's violent beatings, humiliations, and sexual abuse were part of daily life; her mother - also his sexual victim and savagely beaten - was no source of help.
Deprived of love and all comforts, the children would turn to each other for support and to the only adult they could trust, Auntie.
This is the story of how Jenny, her sister Kim and brother Laurence, not ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340837924
SKU
V9780340837924
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-50
About Jenny Tomlin
Jenny Tomlin educated herself to A level standard and started writing a few years ago. She is now happily married and living in France. Her most fulfilling roles have been as loving wife to Alan and mother to her children - celebrated actress Martine McCutcheon and her son LJ - giving them the stability and love she never received herself. ... Read more
Reviews for Behind Closed Doors
This woman is an inspiration and I am honoured to call her my mum
Martine McCutcheon
I'm really proud of Jenny. She has put into words our terrible start in life and made me look openly at who I was and how far I have come. We managed to break free and build a life for oursleves. Now ... Read more
Martine McCutcheon
I'm really proud of Jenny. She has put into words our terrible start in life and made me look openly at who I was and how far I have come. We managed to break free and build a life for oursleves. Now ... Read more