The Only Girl in the World

from c.archer

This is a haunting memoir of a girl who was both physically and mentally abused by her domineering father and the mother who he emotionally controlled. As some other readers have indicated, it was incredibly hard to read at times. Maude writes from her perspective as a young girl going through he...

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Incredible story. It's hard to believe that there are people in this world who can abuse children, but the resiliency of some people is inspiring and moving. I do wish there would have been more about her own growth after escaping from her childhood home/prison. However, I do appreciate that it e...

from debkrenzer

Wow!! This poor girl!! I felt so sorry for her. A psycho father who adopted a six year old girl, raised her, married her when she was of age and had a daughter with her. This book is the story of the childhood of that daughter, Maude. This girl's home life was crazy. She spent years never leaving...

from gaillamontagne

Written in first person, this book is an unbelievable tale of psychological / physical torture of a child, Maude Julien, by the hands her insane father who believed he could create a "superhuman" with very long range planning and intense discipline that started from a young age. This It is so unb...

from Beamis12

Utmost courage and an amazing will to survive. Raised in the most horrific of circumstances, by a mother acquired by the father just to provide him with a child he could mold into a super person, and a father who has to be insane, she found the will to survive. The things she went through, so inc...