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Reviews Elsewhere – Taboo by Thomas Piggott

As always, on top of giving everyone a place to post a review that other survivors might be interested in, we like to share other reviews that we find online. Recently, I saw a review of this book and thought it might be of interest to some of you.

To quote from the review:

The book takes us through Thomas’s childhood and how the lack of a father figure made him susceptible to abuse. Events are not glossed over as the author, despite the horror of revisiting those dark times of his life, tries to tell us what and how exactly things happened. He laments the fact that no one saw the signs at the time.

The latter chapters of the book detail how he has been fighting a battle with depression that threatened to disrupt his family and life.

Go check out what else they have to say about the book, and be sure to come back and let us know what you think if you’ve read it!

 

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