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Comment on Review: The Nipper by Charlie Mitchell by jackie

jackie — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:09:06 +0000

read this book, took less than 6 hours, hard to put down, have so much respect for you and sophie too,
i know it would be hard to imagine being in your shoes but you wrote everything so realistically that it
brought me to tears,one can tell how accurate this is, i take my hat off to you, sophie and taz. god knows
how you survived but thank god you did because obviously taz is going to be soooo lucky, lv to you all j x

Comment on Review: Why I Didn’t Say Anything By Sheldon Kennedy (2006) by Survivors News and Reviews » Blog Archive » Review: Crossing The Line by Laura Robinson (1998)

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:07:53 +0000

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Comment on Review: Forgotten by Les Cummings by kelly toonen

kelly toonen — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:15:25 +0000

would just like to say i have read les cummings book and couldn’t put it down this so terrible what happened to you an i am very saddened that you had to go through all this through your childhood,i am so glad that you stood up for justice an faught for your fellow friends who went through this and for your siblings its just amazing,and to have such a happy ending that your sister was able to find her son and grandchildren that is a speciel thing to happen out of this,its so sad why did this happen to poor innocent children,children aren’t asked to be born they arnet asked to be abused sexually and mentally ,physically.they are put here to love an adore,to protect.good on you les for standing up for what you believed.

Comment on Review: Child C by Christopher Spry by cara smith

cara smith — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:44:23 +0000

hello chris i have only just finished your book 10mins ago and just had to write to you i think people like you are the prime example of how well children turn out when thay have,nt had a good life thay say you learn the hard way babes well iam truely moved and touched by how well you have told your heartbraking story it must have been a long and hard time going over the appalling way you was treated i could not evan come close to saying how sorry i feel for you but iam happy for you now because you are such a inspriing man to all young children out there and hope if thay are going though the same as you did thay turn for help and dont feel asamded cuz its nothink they have done (or you darling) i have 4 children iam 24yrs old and will tell my kidz how inportant it is to talk whatever the problem is i,ll always be here and now have your real loving mum and dad you too can find confidens to confied in them . all my best wishies 4eva cara xx

Comment on Review: Why I Didn’t Say Anything By Sheldon Kennedy (2006) by Survivors News and Reviews » Blog Archive » Review: Playing With Fire by Theo Fleury (2009)

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:59:53 +0000

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Comment on Review: The Nipper by Charlie Mitchell by Alison

Alison — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:29:48 +0000

Was brought up in St Edmund Tce. Your book has had a massive impact upon me as I now work for SWD. Why was nothing done for you. As a dog owner too your suffering with Bonnie reduced me to tears and sleepless nights as I read on. My husband removed your book from me at bed time as I could not sleep. God only knows how and what made you survive such a monster. I admire you so much X

Comment on Review: CSI Vegas – Death and The Maiden (2009) by MikeM

MikeM — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:51:00 +0000

I recall seeing this episode earlier this season, and it was pretty realistic, for once. I remember being quite taken with the depth, and variety, of responses from both the main characters, and the people associated with the victim, and the different ways they viewed him afterward. It was a nice change to have the responses match up with what many of experience in the real world.

Comment on Review: Nobody Came by Robbie Garner by carly hopkins

carly hopkins — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:06:48 +0000

I never normally read books but my friend gave me the book nobady came…

I am lost for words with that book, I am so upset inside to even imagine wot went though your minds. your mother was a heartless bitch (sorry but she was) how could you just up and leave your 3 young children,

I carnt even imagine the pain you all went through.. i hope the lot of them wardens rot in hell, the lot of them had serious issues, how nasty can honestley some people be.. IT WAS THEM THAT NEEDED TO BE PUT
INTO A MENTAL INSTITUTE, OR EVEN GIVEN SUCH PAIN THAT THEY KILLED THEMSELVES..

MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL OF YOU ROBBIE,DAVIE THE LITTLE GIRL AND R.I.P JOHN….
ALSO TO THE OTHER CHILDREN THAT WENT THROUGH IT ALL X

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Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:48:20 +0000

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Comment on Review: Forgotten by Les Cummings by Joanne Warby

Joanne Warby — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:21:06 +0000

I have read your book ‘Forgotten’. As you may read on my website if you look it up http://www.joannewarbymarkingtime.com that I am a survivor of child abuse. This is not why I was moved to tears reading your book. My mother was raised in a childrens home ‘Cecila Whatman Salvation Army Home in NZ after her mother died when she was 11 and her father was an unfit father. He had abused her before she left home and my mother was labelled troublesome. She told of her terrible abuse whilst in the home. Children were basically sent out as child slaves to various homes in the Wairarapa area. But this to my mother was an escape as she was sexually abuse as well as mentally and physically abused during her time in the home. My mother tells of being made to get into a freezing cold bath after she was caught cuddling her younger brother when she had heard him crying in another section of the home one evening. I am a survivor of her abuse too because not once in my 30 years (my mother died aged 56) did my mother ever cuddle or put her arms around us. She was taught at an early age it was wrong to do this and we, her children, paid the price. Mum als told of being beaten and made to get down on her hands and knees and scrub the floors. I am pleased to say fellow victims of the Whatman Home have risen up and told of their abuse and are seeking retribution. I say it takes courage and an iron will of determination to take on the ’system’ – May you all win. It takes the same courage to lead a happy normal life after you have been abused. Some succeed and some get lost in life as my younger sister did. She has had to undergo electric shock treatment (yes it still happens in todays world) to try and put her past behind her. Her permanent scars will never heal. Mine have found a comfortable place. Your book tells of your remarkable survival and has made me appreicate my mother’s tormented soul and love her even more because of it. Thank you Leslie Cummings for sharing your life’s story.