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Davis, Felicity, 1957-
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Davis, Felicity, 1957- -- Childhood and youth.
Davis, Felicity, 1957- -- Family.
Abused children -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Dysfunctional families -- Biography.
Family secrets -- Biography.
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Davis, Felicity, 1957-
Davis, Felicity, 1957- -- Childhood and youth.
Davis, Felicity, 1957- -- Family.
Abused children -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Dysfunctional families -- Biography.
Family secrets -- Biography.
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Sins of the family : a 100-year secret, a family torn apart, a brave woman who healed the past /
Felicity
Davis
.
by
Davis
,
Felicity
,
1957-
Pan Books, 2016.
Call #:
362.76092 D261s
Subjects
Davis
,
Felicity
,
1957-
-- Childhood and youth.
Davis
,
Felicity
,
1957-
-- Family.
Abused children -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Dysfunctional families -- Biography.
Family secrets -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781509837007 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Guard a silver sixpence.
Description:
x, 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Notes:
First published as: Guard a silver sixpence, 2011.
Subtitle from cover.
Summary:
For
Felicity
, growing up with her unmarried mother and grandparents in a tiny bungalow in Scarborough, life could be frightening and confusing. Why did her beloved granddad just make excuses when her gran subjected her to physical and psychological abuse? Why did her dad, who lived alone nearby, call her by a different name and hide her from his family? Sick of it all,
Felicity
ran away from home aged fifteen and for years she struggled to find her way until she qualified as a teacher and found a career she loved. But at the age of fifty, a successful woman, she still felt hollow inside. Needing to understand why her gran had abused her, she started to research her family's history and uncovered their secrets one by one, including a shocking truth kept buried out of shame. Her great-grandmother Emily Swann, a brutalised wife, had been hanged for the murder of her violent husband. Powerful and moving, Sins of the Family shows how tragedies can impact generations to come but understanding and forgiveness can heal the past.
Genre:
Memoirs.
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