Abandoned: The true story of a little girl who didn’t belong

Anya now lives in rented accommodation. Her blog soon built up a regular readership and helped raise awareness of the issue of the ‘hidden homeless’. During a 9-month spell of homelessness, Anya started to describe her experiences by accessing the internet in her local library and writing an online journal

But one day it did."I was used to Daddy screaming 'whore's child' at me, over and over again. But this time love was not enough. When her brothers started calling her a 'whore', Anya cracked and all her terrible secrets came pouring out.Anya had always coped because there was one woman who loved her deeply, her 'Mummy'. Beaten, humiliated and sexually abused by him from the age of six, she thought her life couldn't get worse. But then he got careless and started abusing her in front of the other children. Separated from her real mother at birth, Anya grew up in terror of her drunken bullying uncle. But I couldn't get used to what he made me do."Anya was too terrif

‘Truly Inspirational’ The Sun'An uplifting story of survival.' Elle magazine‘Hugely inspiring … Anya’s story gave me goose bumps.’ Jane Elliott, author of The Little Prisoner'A powerful and utterly compelling story of a child’s staggering courage.’ Judy Westwater, author of Street Kid‘A highly emotional story well told.' Evening Telegraph

"Sad story of how a little girl wanted to be loved" according to Nell Daley. This is a sad, true story of a little girl who just wanted to be loved and to know who her parents were. I cannot understand the one review I read by someone who said they could not keep people straight, that her aunt is her mummy and her real mummy is someone else and her brothers and sisters are really her cousinsit was not difficult at all to keep everyone straight. The fact that this little girl turned out to be the w. "CRUEL UNCLE" according to BooksCRUEL UNCLE Books4Tomorrow The first half of Abandoned was…well, shocking and heartbreaking. I couldn’t believe how very cruel Anya’s uncle was being to her. And when the sexual abuse started, I had to put down the book several times to wipe away my tears. It was just too much. The last half of the story was just sad. It broke my heart that Anya would let her life slip out of control like that. I don’t agree that we should . Tomorrow. The first half of Abandoned was…well, shocking and heartbreaking. I couldn’t believe how very cruel Anya’s uncle was being to her. And when the sexual abuse started, I had to put down the book several times to wipe away my tears. It was just too much. The last half of the story was just sad. It broke my heart that Anya would let her life slip out of control like that. I don’t agree that we should . Heartbreaking and sad but well written - 5 stars Amazon Customer This little girl's life was pure hell! She was abandoned by her self-centered mother and left in the care of her aunt and abusive uncle. The uncle verbally and physically abused this little girl, although the aunt tried to protect her from him most of the time. It only gets worse. No child should ever be treated the way she was. How was she a threat to the uncle? I'll never understand people who mistreat children like tha