Why Me?

Have you ever thought that your home that is supposed to be a safe place is a place where your mom, a person who is supposed to protect you, is not that is supposed to be? What if the place where a teenage girl is I used whole her life, physically and mentally, tortured, and thought wrongs. A home i......more

Sarah Burleton relates in detail the verbal and physical abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother throughout her childhood. I'm sure it took a lot of courage to tell this story. But I'm not sure if telling it to me accomplishes anything. It's a shame she didn't tell it to someone who was in a p......more

A really quick read. I found it a flat and emotionless recitation of the abuse the author suffered until she ran away, and then the story finished. There's an epilogue telling us that she graduated, how she met her husband, how she attempted to reconnect with her mother, and the email she sent her mo......more

BROUGHT BACK THE PAST This book brought back so many memories of my own childhood, not so much the physical abuse but the mental torment. It is clear now turning the pages that Sarah’s mother had a mental disorder, but children are not aware of this and blame themselves for not being loved. It’s yet......more

Prior to reviewing this book, I had no idea that this book will captivate me as the way it did. Based on my updates, I mentioned that I was not going to review this book, but my emotions took over my preference. I never had so much hate towards a character in my life, Sarah's mother was despicable.......more