Heart of Darkness: How I Triumphed Over a Childhood of Abuse

by Lynette Gould (Author), Stephen Richards (Author)

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  2007

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  Though the almost unimaginable hell endured in her inescapable memories, Lynette is a survivor. Through her great courage she is now able to tell her own shocking story of multiple incest, multiple rapes and of being lured into an extreme child sex ring. Her story is horrifying and desperately sad and, in her own moving words, she speaks of her battle with the past and of those responsible for the evil which ruined it. But, it is also a story with a message of hope. Lynette Gould, a once carefree and happy girl, suffered repeatedly at the hands of her own wicked father. After her father was imprisoned for his monstrous acts, Lynette's mother fell into a relationship with what seemed a friendly and caring man - just what the family so desperately needed. But, disastrously for Lynette, he had a mind as evil as his predecessor. Taking up where Lynette's natural father left off, he subjected her to even more sexual abuse which lasted for years. Eventually, he too was arrested, but committed suicide before he could be convicted - robbing Lynette of a vital sense of closure. The nightmare world of systematic abuse that tore Lynette's world apart never seemed to end; and she was lured into a child sex ring, where cold-blooded adults callously took advantage of her crushed body and spirit. What followed was a chain of care homes and attempted suicides that drove the deeply troubled adolescent to the very edge of madness. Bouts of vicious self-harm left her body with scars which continue to bear silent witness to her incredible torment. But Lynette's life was pulled back from the brink of oblivion by the patient dedication and enduring friendship of a child counsellor, out of which salvation tentatively sprang.

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  Paperback
  2008

  $3.27

  As an infant, Lynette Gould's life was torn to shreds when she was sexually violated beyond comprehension. Once carefree and happy, she found herself suffering years of sexual degradation at the hands of her wicked father, turning her world into a cauldron of hate and self-loathing.After her father's imprisonment, Lynette's mother fell into a relationship with a man whose mind was as evil as his predecessor, who subjected her to even more sexual abuse which lasted for years. Eventually he too was arrested, but committed suicide before his conviction - robbing Lynette of a vital sense of closure. Just as it seemed the nightmare world of abuse could get no worse, a cold-blooded child sex ring lured her in, brutalising her dignity, innocence and mental wellbeing seemingly beyond rescue.The deeply troubled adolescent was driven to the edge of madness. But, Lynette's life was pulled back from the brink of oblivion when salvation tentatively sprang from the patient friendship of a child counsellor.Though the almost unimaginable hell endures in her memories, she speaks, in her own moving words, of her battle with the past and of those responsible, ultimately revealing a story with a message of hope.