Broken
The most shocking childhood story ever told. An inspirational author who survived it.

The Sunday Times Bestseller. “I was born and broken in Birkenhead, abused from infancy by a network of every kind of pervert from ‘thinks it’s love’ to ‘show it hurts’. I was unwanted, beaten, sold, swapped, photographed, filmed, left for dead, corrupted, blamed, betrayed, ignored and orphaned.

But I was also born with a fire inside me. I call it my Phoenix Fire. I am no victim – that word only describes what happened to me. Nor am I a survivor because that implies I am over it. I am a Phoenix – a work in progress. This is my story…”

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Broken
The most shocking childhood story ever told. An inspirational author who survived it.

The Sunday Times Bestseller. “I was born and broken in Birkenhead, abused from infancy by a network of every kind of pervert from ‘thinks it’s love’ to ‘show it hurts’. I was unwanted, beaten, sold, swapped, photographed, filmed, left for dead, corrupted, blamed, betrayed, ignored and orphaned.

But I was also born with a fire inside me. I call it my Phoenix Fire. I am no victim – that word only describes what happened to me. Nor am I a survivor because that implies I am over it. I am a Phoenix – a work in progress. This is my story…”

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Broken

Broken

by Shy Keenan
Broken

Broken

by Shy Keenan

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Overview

The most shocking childhood story ever told. An inspirational author who survived it.

The Sunday Times Bestseller. “I was born and broken in Birkenhead, abused from infancy by a network of every kind of pervert from ‘thinks it’s love’ to ‘show it hurts’. I was unwanted, beaten, sold, swapped, photographed, filmed, left for dead, corrupted, blamed, betrayed, ignored and orphaned.

But I was also born with a fire inside me. I call it my Phoenix Fire. I am no victim – that word only describes what happened to me. Nor am I a survivor because that implies I am over it. I am a Phoenix – a work in progress. This is my story…”


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781914451003
Publisher: Gemini Books Group
Publication date: 08/30/2022
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Shy Keenan co-founded Phoenix Survivors to campaign for justice for victims of sexual abuse and to rescue children at risk. Her work has been recognized by the British government as a crucial part of the battle to protect children. She lives with her family in the countryside.

Table of Contents

Prologue 1

1 The End 7

2 Play Movie 12

3 First Memories 24

4 Daddy Thief 31

5 'Mum, I Have a Secret' 44

6 'Father, I Have a Secret' 59

7 Goodbye, London 70

8 Hello, Merseyside 78

9 The Day I Found Death and Chased Our Sandie with It 85

10 The Noctorum 97

11 Running 105

12 Pately Bridge 120

13 The Child's Cry 125

14 Learning to See 133

15 Going Home 140

16 "Tell her, Karen!' 149

17 Epileptic, My Arse 155

18 Tell and Show 174

19 The Runaway 183

20 'Your Mum's Dead' 192

21 'Calling Stanley Sidney Claridge' 202

22 Tilt 207

23 Goodbye, Karen 213

24 End Movie 235

25 Choices 244

26 Fighting Back 250

27 A Family Affair 255

28 Strange Calm 269

29 Surfacing 276

30 Why Me? 281

31 Broken 291

32 Phoenix Rising 297

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