Child C: Surviving a Foster Mother's Reign of Terror - Couverture souple

Spry, Christopher

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1847372570 ISBN 13 : 9781847372574

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2008

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

'I can tell the difference between various brands of washing-up liquid just from their taste. I have constant trouble walking, where she hit me with a cricket bat. I do not make friends easily and still find it hard to sleep. I can never have children of my own.'
It should have been a refuge. Instead, evil foster mother Eunice Spry's Gloucestershire home became a prison where, over the course of 20 years, vulnerable children were routinely abused and tortured. To the outside world, Jehovah's Witness Spry presented herself as a pillar of the community. Behind closed doors she was a sadistic tyrant who beat the children in her care with sticks and metal bars, scrubbed their skin with sandpaper and forced them to eat lard, bleach, vomit and faeces.
One of those children, Christopher, now tells his shocking story in Child C - of how he was kept naked and starving, imprisoned in a squalid room, and in a constant state of psychological trauma. He speaks candidly of how, despite his appalling suffering, he still felt love for his foster mother. His heartbreaking experience pulls no punches, and brings to light the full details of what it is like to grow up brutalised and abandoned with no one to hear your plight. With his tormentor Eunice Spry now serving fourteen years in prison, Christopher can finally tell the full, horrifying story of a trust betrayed and a childhood denied.

Présentation de l'éditeur

n April 2007, 62-year-old Eunice Spry was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the systematic wounding, cruelty and assault of the vulnerable children whose welfare had been entrusted to her. Her Gloucestershire home should have been a refuge. Instead it became a prison where, over the course of 20 years, her charges were routinely abused and tortured. To the outside world, Jehovah's Witness Spry presented herself as a pillar of the community. Behind closed doors she was a sadistic tyrant who beat the children with metal bars, forced wooden sticks down their throats and made them eat lard, bleach, vomit and faeces.
The details of the trial horrified the nation, and attracted considerable press attention. Now, for the first time, one of the victims - known in the case as 'Child C' and now 19 years old - tells the full, shocking story of what went on in Eunice Spry's house of evil. Child C is a gripping, heartbreaking story of enforced isolation, psychological and physical abuse and a childhood denied. Despite all he has been through, Christopher Spry is a survivor with a zest for life. With his former foster mother in prison, he can finally tell the story of his suffering and what it is like to grow up brutalised and abandoned with no one to hear your plight.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847372570
• ISBN 13: 9781847372574
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible