A frightened girl sits on the stairs. It’s Christmas Day but she is gripped by fear. She can hear them downstairs, waiting for her. Laughing like they have nothing to be ashamed of. Afterwards, her mother will indulge her because it’s Christmas. And just for one day the girl won’t wonder, ‘How could she?’
At just five years old, Dana Fowley learned that there was no one she could trust and nowhere she could escape to. She and her younger sister endured years of terrible abuse, subjected day after day to unimaginable attacks, and not only did their own mother do nothing to protect them, she willingly helped.
In a high-profile and traumatising court case Dana’s lifelong suffering was at last revealed when she bravely faced her demons and testified against her own mother. Finally, Dana’s nightmare is coming to an end.
My Rating 5/5 Heartbreaking (Biography/Autobiography)
A very hard read. Very disturbing, this book will stay in my mind for a long time.
About The Author
Despite her appalling childhood, Dana Fowley has grown into a strong woman whose courage and determination to make a better life for her own family shine through on every page of this deeply disturbing, but ultimately triumphant, true story.
Dana lives in Edinburgh with her partner, their children and her sister. How Could She? Is her first book.
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