Stacey Danson, lived through and beyond horrific child abuse. This book tells of her brutal beginnings, the streets of Sydney at the age of eleven were preferable to the hell she endured at home. She ran, and those streets became her home for five years. She was alone, ill, and afraid. Stacey also had an unshakeable belief that she would do more than just survive her life. She would not allow her future to be determined by the horrors of her childhood. She reached out for something different; there had to be more to life; if she could only find it. She had a dream of a life where pain and humiliation had no place. She was determined to find that life. Empty Chairs is the beginning of the journey. Now she is living the dream. (SEVERAL REVIEWERS OF THIS BOOK WERE SO RIVETED BY IT THAT THEY FELT IT WAS FAR TOO SHORT AT 228 PAGES. GOOD NEWS! THE SEQUEL – ‘FAINT ECHOES OF LAUGHTER’ – WILL BE RELEASED BY NIGHT PUBLISHING IN NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2011)
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Sexual Content - 5/5
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Violence - 5/5
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Language - 5/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 4/5
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Summary
Reviewer Name: Mickey This was one of the most difficult books I've read. I don't read books about child abuse but I was drawn to this book b/c I knew the book primarily focused on her life after escaping the abuse. It was a shocking account of abuse and torture. I'm giving it 3 stars overall b/c it was a very well written memoir and the author does not focus on self¬pity. Just be warned, you won't soon forget the shock you feel reading what a mother could do to her child. You will, however, cheer her on as she tries to survive after escaping.