Pin Down: One girl's harrowing and disturbing tale of institutionalised abuse

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2007
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Thrust into care at six months of age because of an alcoholic father and mentally ill mother, Teresa Cooper's life began in a less than perfect way. Teresa spent an unsettled childhood in a variety of children's homes before being sent at thirteen to Kendall House in Gravesend, Kent, which would become her prison and worst nightmare. Teresa found herself a victim of a terrible regime; being injected with dangerously high doses of drugs and sexually abused. This cruel and vicious treatment, accompanied by punishments such as 163 days spent in solitary confinement, meant that it was not long before Teresa began to harm herself and even attempt to take her life. After three years of hell, Teresa thought her nightmare was over but another was about to begin. Teresa Cooper is a survivor. Fighting against a corrupt social care system, she has taken her case of abuse and drugging to parliament, and is fighting to prevent many more children from suffering at the hands of unethical doctors and abusive foster parents.

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Thrust into care at six months of age because of an alcoholic father and mentally ill mother, Teresa Cooper's life began in a less than perfect way. Teresa spent an unsettled childhood in a variety of children's homes before being sent at thirteen to Kendall House in Gravesend, Kent, which would become her prison and worst nightmare. Teresa found herself a victim of a terrible regime; being injected with dangerously high doses of drugs and sexually abused. This cruel and vicious treatment, accompanied by punishments such as 163 days spent in solitary confinement, meant that it was not long before Teresa began to harm herself and even attempt to take her life. After three years of hell, Teresa thought her nightmare was over but another was about to begin. Teresa Cooper is a survivor. Fighting against a corrupt social care system, she has taken her case of abuse and drugging to parliament, and is fighting to prevent many more children from suffering at the hands of unethical doctors and abusive foster parents.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 300
Publisher: Orion
Published: 14 Jun 2007
ISBN 10: 0752886118
ISBN 13: 9780752886114
Book Overview: Misery memoirs continue to dominate the bestseller lists This is the first book ever written on the UK's children's home 'pin-down' regime of drugging and rape Teresa Cooper's fight for justice has been debated in parliament and her actions against the corrupt system of childcare have changed legislation With overwhelming documentation of proof, facsimiles of Teresa's secret files and medical history will be reproduced in the book to shocking effect Teresa now counsels and mediates between rape victims and the state, having suffered so badly herself This is one of the most powerful and horrendous stories to come out of the misery genre, but it has an incredibly strong sense of redemption and triumph over extreme adversity message

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This harrowing story of a child's survival of a brutal care system: PRESS Interview in GRAZIA Interview in the KENT MESSENGER Interview in the ESSEX CHRONICLE News story in GUARDIAN and DAILY MAIL

Author Bio

Teresa Cooper is a survivor. Fighting against a corrupt social care system, she has taken her case of abuse and drugging to parliament, and is fighting to prevent many more children from suffering at the hands of unethical doctors and abusive foster parents.