A Family Secret: My Shocking True Story of Surviving a Childhood in Hell

Written by Maureen Wood

Narrated by Rachel Atkins

‘Each time my mother laid a finger on me… it was another step into the jaws of hell. Her abuse, more so than any other, destroyed me. It was the ultimate betrayal.’

Abused from the age of eight by her older brother and then her step-father, Maureen Wood quickly became numb to the constant suffering. But Maureen’s world crumbled when her own mother started to abuse her too…

A Family Secret is the harrowing true story of how one little girl survived sickening abuse by the people who should have loved her most, and how an innocent baby finally saved her.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Mar 18, 2021
• ISBN: 9780008441586

Maureen Wood

An Adams Media author.

Reviews for A Family Secret

[jessica rosario · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed this heart wrenching book. I cannot believe for one minute the struggle this woman faced. Kept me on my toes for sure and just when I thought things couldn’t get worst it did.

[helen tyacke · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A brilliant read very sad in places but you came through the other side well done

[Kerryn Miles · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Omg you are an amazing woman !!! How you survived the abuse and came through is truly inspirational xxx