Violated, Sarah Wilson
Violated, Sarah Wilson
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Violated

Author: Sarah Wilson

Narrator: Chloe Massey

Unabridged: 7 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 07/16/2015


Synopsis

The shocking first true account from one of the young girls who lived through and survived the Rotherham sex abuse scandal. In the summer of 2014, the Rotherham sex abuse scandal sent shockwaves through the nation. A report revealed that, since the 1990s, up to 1,400 young girls in the town had been regularly abused by sex gangs, predominantly comprised of Pakistani men. As the media descended on the small Yorkshire town, Sarah Wilson watched with horror and relief as her voice was finally heard after years of abuse. Sarah was just eleven years old when she was befriended by a group of older men. Bullied at school, naive and vulnerable, the gifts and attention they lavished on her were what she craved, she just wanted to belong. But soon she was hooked on alcohol and drugs, and then they owned her. She was just twelve years old when she was bundled into a car by a man in his thirties and forced to have sex with him. Soon, the gang were driving her to places where she was raped by scores of men. Falling through the system, from social services to school, no-one was able to help her. She ‘escaped’ when she became too old for the men at nearly sixteen. Finally a victim of the Rotherham scandal tells her story in the hope that other young girls will not fall prey to the same evil that she endured.

About Sarah Wilson

Sarah Wilson is the author of the New York Times bestsellers First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety, which redefined the mental health genre, and I Quit Sugar, along with eleven cookbooks that have been published in fifty-two countries. Previously, she was editor of Cosmopolitan Australia, host of MasterChef Australia and founder of iquitsugar.com, an 8-week program that has seen millions worldwide break their sugar addiction. In May 2018, Sarah committed to giving all proceeds from the business to charity. She now builds and enables charity projects that engage humans with one another, and campaigns on mental health, consumerism, and climate issues. Sarah lives in Sydney, Australia, is an obsessive hiker and spent eight years travelling the world with one bag.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul

How to begin. It’s hard to think of a story more toxic than this one in modern Britain. It practically confirms every damaging stereotype you ever had about the underclass, about men, about Muslim men, about social workers, about the police, about humanity. Last year a government report came out abo......more

Goodreads review by Fiona

Horrific and tragic. I was amazed as I read to realize that the author's sister was Laura Wilson, Britain's first white honor killing victim, so it gave the book even more poignancy. Very well written, detailed and insightful but never shying away from the facts of how over 1,400 young girls were gr......more

Goodreads review by Tumpi

This book was a tough one....while I felt really sorry for what the author and her family went through...i was happy that the book was finally over. The details of child abuse, drug abuse, judiciary failure was just a lot for me to take. Anyone taking this book up, please think twice, the content is......more

Goodreads review by Charlie

Sometimes fact is more powerful than fiction. This book is proof of that and was one of the most powerfully emotional books I have ever read. For those of us that have escaped trauma and tragedy in our lives this is like an insight into the dark world that others have endured. It will take you into......more