| View Larger Image | Nobody's Child | Paperbackby Michael Seed (Author), Noel Botham (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | John Blake | | Page Count: | 288 Pages | | Publication Date: | June 02, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 215,899th |
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Michael Seed's childhood was a daily ordeal of unspeakable neglect, misery, and abuse from an alcoholic father whose tyranny ruined his son’s formative years and drove his wife to suicide. On a daily basis both Michael and his mother would fall under the man’s wrath, and one awful night Michael’s father began sexually abusing his son, a trend that would continue for years. Worse still, the abuse did not stop at home. Once he began school, Michael fell victim to terrible bullying and a teacher who violated him repeatedly. Despite the horror of these years, Michael was ultimately saved by his own will to live, which inspired him to seek a better life as a friar. This is the remarkable story of an individual who, against all the odds, managed to preserve his own dignity and finally escape the horrors of a stolen childhood. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 1 review)
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overcoming the odds by M. Grigsby (Kansas City, KS USA)  4 Stars
November 24, 2008
In some ways it was amazing to think that Michael Seed was able to get on with his life in a forgiving fashion after what he endured from both his parents and his grandparents. Obviously, religion played a big part of his acceptance of his childhood, but the book doesn't focus on that aspect. Michael denied to social workers that he was being abused even though it was apparent to others. His tale of overcoming a miserable childhood is a very compelling story. I would recommend this book.
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