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Fiona McNeill
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For 46 years, Carol Minto has quietly gone about her life, carrying with her the most extraordinary and heartbreaking secrets.
Born into poverty and with mostly absent parents, Carol helped to raise her nine siblings. But when she was just 11 years old, her older brother began to sexually abuse her. After four years, Carol managed to escape - and ran away from home.
Picked up by social services, they place her at Aston Hall in Derby, a psychiatric hospital now infamous for the ghoulish ‘truth serum’ experiments it carried out on children. Over three years, Carol was stripped, sedated, assaulted and raped by Kenneth Milner, the doctor in charge.
Eventually she is released back into the community, aged 18, and has a daughter. But the baby is taken away for adoption, and Carol’s trauma intensifies. In 2010, Carol finally plucked up the courage to speak out about the abuse she suffered - and received justice, at last.
In The Asylum, Carol tells the full story of how she overcame unimaginable suffering, to find the happiness and solace she has today as a mother and grandmother.
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- susan rose
- 03-11-21
Heartbreaking
Brilliant read, didn’t want to stop reading. Very harrowing what Carol and these poor girls went though. I’m very pleased Carol got her happy ever after in the end
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- Teapot Rosie
- 06-04-22
Powerful words
A disturbing, powerful story of abuse and suffering which should never have been allowed to happen. Everyone should hear or read this story and endeavour to ensure it never happens again. Brilliantly read.
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- Rosemary Upson
- 30-04-22
Amazing story
Very moved by this story. The sentence for her brother was far too short.
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- Jackie
- 28-01-23
Surviving hell with courage
...you hear Carol's story and, again, see that power corrupts and corrupted powerful people damage lives that should have been the very people to stop this human cycle. Too many survivors are drained of their potential as they simply try to create a life with strength, dignity and integrity...and isnt that the driving force behind the too many abusers in positions of power, inflicting all the damage to feed their inadequacies. God bless and watch over Carol....
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-02-23
Carole, you're amazing
I highly recommend this book.
Inspirational. Carole is exceptional.
Just read it.
How sad, but what a strong, amazing ending.
Sending kind regards
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- jane
- 08-03-23
A horrific story which needed to be told
A honorific story which needed to be told. So often it takes years for survivors to tell their stories but at least, on this occasion, the police took notice.
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- Davinia
- 31-01-24
Most annoying narrators voice
Excellent story but why did the women who was Scottish for some reason have to keep pausing when talking mid sentence so annoying wanted to stop but liked the story
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-12-21
Harrowing
I was absolutely glued to this book. The struggle of Carols life was heartbreaking. How her family and the authorities who were meant to care for her, abused and let her down time after time was just heartbreaking. This lady is so strong and nobody deserves to go through this. I'm just so happy she found her true love and had her son.
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- alice banks
- 04-11-21
wow!!
I just wa nearly say how amazing you are for going through this nightmare. fantastic book x
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- Alan
- 08-10-22
Brilliant
A very sad breath taking story well told and narrated . Excellent all round gripping listen
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