The most shocking childhood story ever told. An inspirational author who survived it.
The Sunday Times Bestseller. I was born and broken in Birkenhead, abused from infancy by a network of every kind of pervert from thinks its love to show it hurts. I was unwanted, beaten, sold, swapped, photographed, filmed, left for dead, corrupted, blamed, betrayed, ignored and orphaned.
But I was also born with a fire inside me. I call it my Phoenix Fire. I am no victim that word only describes what happened to me. Nor am I a survivor because that implies I am over it. I am a Phoenix a work in progress. This is my story&
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Shy Keenanco-founded Phoenix Survivors to campaign for justice for victims of sexual abuse and to rescue children at risk. Her work has been recognized by the British government as a crucial part of the battle to protect children. She lives with her family in the countryside.
Beaten, left for dead and raped from the age of four, but now a national campaigner - Shy Keenan, we salute you. -
Eve Magazine.'I found
Brokenvery painful (in fact, I remain haunted by its contents). Shy is trying hard to make the world a safer place for my children.' - The Observer.