Woman & Home

How I SURVIVED my darkest years

‘I began to understand the past was not my fault’

Tina McGuff, 52, is an author, student support officer and mental health trainer. She lives in Tayside with her husband, Jock, 62. Between them, they have four grown-up children.

The moment life as I knew it came to a shocking end, I was fast asleep. Our neighbour, Dave, gently woke me and told me to gather my sisters and follow him. Aged 13, I led my sisters, aged 10, seven and three, downstairs, past police

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