Dana, from north Edinburgh, was raped from the age of 5 by her stepfather, from age 7 by a grandfather, then by other members of the ring. It's enlightening too to see the different ways in which people are affected by the knowledge of the abuse. Dana's mother deserves all the horrible days and nights she gets while spending her 12 year sentence in jail. I wouldn't say it happened instantly but I eventually came to trust him and love him and I felt loved back. Dana Fowley was just five when her stepfather, Billy King, first sexually abused her when they were alone together.

How could such extreme suffering pass unnoticed by adults, especially in a school setting, where children spend so much of their time?This is the story of what happened to her and how she found the courage to do what needed to be done. I love Dana and Heather for how strong and tall they stand after all the hurt that was dished out to them. What I was pleased about was her skill at informing without self pity or in her words 'writing a paedophiles' handbook'. I found myself crying a lot as I discovered what a depraved, violent and sickening childhood she had endured. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

I started to develop an act that I would perfect over the years: pretending that I came from a good, loving family,” Dana says.But worse, every rape, every act of torture, was done with the full collusion or participation of the woman most charged with her safety and welfare: her mother. She doesn't feel his loss as much as that of her mother because he wasn't part of her life for long. Dana Fowley has shown incredible strength and courage after everything she endured, she is awe-inspiring. Comment: The spine or cover may be slightly worn but the book is otherwise in good condition and will provide thought provoking read! Dana Fowley is surprisingly a woman of standing, I say surprisingly because her childhood was one in which no adult let alone child should ever go through.

After a childhood of abuse she stood up for herself and her family and brought the people behind her torment to justice. I was also threatened to keep quiet by the abusers, told I would be put into care and wouldn’t get out - that people would think it was my fault.He was jailed for five years in 2016 and is now back behind bars after being convicted of sexual charges against children at the High Court in Stirling in February. Despite her appalling childhood, Dana Fowley has grown into a strong woman whose courage and determination to make a better life for her own family shine through on every page of this deeply disturbing, but ultimately triumphant, true story. The remarkable thing, the redemptive thing, about her story is how undamaged her capacity for love seems to be. Last night, Detective Inspector Jonathan Wright from Police Scotland said: “We understand how difficult it can be to speak out about being a victim of abuse.

Once she was covered in bruises from beatings with a poker: she took a note to school saying she had fallen off the school roof while playing on it. Schools working with sexually abused young people, edited by Sarah Nelson, VIP Publication http:bit. The thing that stays with me after reading this book is that her mother, whether or not she has special needs just let things happen and even involved herself in it. Dana, who waived her right to anonymity, was shocked to learn her mum planned to wed her long-term partner, Thomas Miller. Dana’s silence echoed that of other young survivors interviewed for the schools booklet See Us - Hear Us!We are much more comfortable with the idea of women as victims than the idea that they might be sexually motivated. DANA Fowley, who waived her right to anonymity, suffered at the hands of her grandad, mum and up to 15 men who abused her and her sister for more than 12 years.