When Stace was seven her world was turned upside down when she realised she was in foster care. Thinking every child had a social worker and loving her life, her parents and her family, a brief encounter at the park with her biological father changed everything. On top of the already devastating revelation for a child to have to comprehend - that their life isn’t what they always thought it was - what came after was worse. Years of upheaval, confusion, neglect and abuse that shattered a once happy, football-mad child. When the most horrifying happens and she discovers she’s pregnant by her own father, Stace was left with a choice to repeat the mistakes of the past or fight to change the script for the sake of her daughter.
My Girl is a powerful account of Stace’s story, I found myself sharing in her shock and anger as her life is changed irrevocably. Feelings of frustration and confusion at the system that created the situation in the first place while also seemingly unable to recognise it as concerning, and of being trapped while Stace feels unable to speak out oozes off the page. The accounts of the abuse Stace suffers are chilling and deeply affecting.
In telling the story we have reassurance that Stace survives, fulfilling her promise to herself to make something of her life after years of hurt. Now running a support group with tens of thousands of supporters in over 30 countries, this is a moving tale of family secrets and overcoming the darkest trauma and adversity.
A woman who was sexually abused by her own father and later gave birth to his daughter is now running a support group which spans 30 countries and has tens of thousands of supporters. Stace Don, was taken into foster care as a baby after being neglected by her parents. For seven years, she lived an idyllic life, believing her foster parents were her real parents. But a chance encounter with her natural father, Nigel Taylor, shattered her happiness and she was later moved from her foster home, away from the family she loved. An inspirational tale of family secrets and lies, and of the struggle to overcome the very worst forms of childhood abuse, are timeless and guaranteed to move every reader.
Stace Don (32) from Oldham, Greater Manchester was just two years old when she started suffering horrific abuse at the hands of her own dad - now she is sharing her story in solidarity with other survivors. Don documents her daily battles with mental health and living with trauma on her blog ‘The Life of Stace Don’.
Bestselling author and journalist, Ann Cusack has ghost-written nine memoirs, all of which have been original material self-sourced and developed. Ann has previously written several bestsellers for Mirror Books including Groomed by a Gang and Abandoned.
Living and working in Manchester, where she was born, she has a long track record of following stories and working with ordinary people who have found themselves thrust into the spotlight by extraordinary events.
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