Age 19: Going to the police
I decided to go to the police on a bit of a whim to be honest. I’d been to my local Tesco and I thought I had seen my abuser. …
Why did I ever like Gone Girl?
When I first read Gone Girl it was on the sandy shores of St Lucia. I’d completed the pre-holiday trip to Waterstones and chosen Gone Girl based on, honestly, the …
Age 14: The first time I was raped
Trigger warning: graphic sexual violence, grooming. On the 24th November 2006 08:06am, I was raped for the first time. My Mum and Dad had left for work and I was …