Searching for Daddy

by Christine Joanna Hart (Author)

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  2008

  $4.56

  Christine's childhood was desperately unhappy. She was given up for adoption by her mother when she was still a baby and placed in an orphanage. That was where her adoptive parents found her. But adoption was not a happy ending, it was just the start of a new nightmare for little Christine. Her new parents were incredibly strict and very religious, but that didn't stop her new mother from cruelly neglecting her, or her new father from sexually abusing her. When Christine was just ten years old, her parents declared they had had enough and sent her back to the orphanage. It was this act of dreadful betrayal that pushed her to breaking point. Feeling totally unloveable and abandoned, Christine began an obsessive quest for the real father she had never known, the only parent she felt had never let her down. Based on half-truths she'd heard from social workers, she developed the idea that her father was a criminal. From there a twisted path took her to the eventual belief that Ian Brady, the notorious Moors Murderer, was the man who could give her the love and the security that she so desperately craved. It took years of heartbreak and therapy for Christine to be free.

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  Paperback
  2009

  $3.42

  Christine's childhood was utterly desolate. Starved of all love, she was so consumed with loneliness and fear that she was drawn in to the world of a dangerous serial killer. Christine was abandoned as a baby by her mother on the doorstep of a convent. She was adopted, but this only turned out to be the start of a new nightmare. When she was 13, she was sent her back to the orphanage. It was this act of betrayal that pushed her to breaking point. Christine began a desperate quest for her real father but a twisted path of events finally took her face to face with Ian Brady, the notorious Moors Murderer. It was this extraordinary encounter that forced Christine to confront reality and allowed her to reclaim her life. Searching For Daddy is a shocking true story of desperate loneliness and phenomenal courage that will move and inspire anyone who reads it.

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $3.42

  Christine's childhood was utterly desolate. Abused and starved of all love, she was so consumed with loneliness and fear that she eventually fell prey to the mind of a serial killer. Chrisitne was abondoned as a baby on the wintry doorstep of a convent. The little girl longed for a real family and she was ready to adore her new mummy and daddy when they adopted her, but family life turned out to be the start of a new nightmare. When she was 13, her parents sent her back to the orphange. It was this act of betrayal that pushed her to breaking point. Chrisitne began a desperate quest for her real father, the only parent she felt had never let her down. A twisted path of wrong turnings fianlly took her face to face with Ian Brady, the notorious Moors Murderer. It was a chilling encounter, alone with Brady, that forced Christine to confront reality and allowed her to reclaim her life. She launched a career in the glamorous and dangerous world of spying but there were many more years of heartbreak before she eventually found peace through her work in journalism and by giving her son the loving family life she never knew herself.Searching For Daddy is a shocking story of desperate loneliness and phenomenal courage and healing that will move and inspire everyone who reads it.