Daddy's little girl : a picture-perfect family with a terrible secret

**Every family has its secrets, but some are worse than others.**'I had learnt to switch myself off from feeling anything when he molested me. Just lie there like a wooden doll and don't give him the satisfaction of allowing one whimper to leave your mouth.'Lynn's mother wanted the world to see the perfect family. An immaculate house, three well-dressed children and a charming husband. But behind closed doors it was a different story. Abused by her father from when she was just a baby, Lynn would scream for her mother, who ignored the little girl's cries. Nothing was going to shatter her perfect life. Threatened by their parents, Lynn and her brother never told anyone in fear of being separated, but the trauma of their past followed them throughout their lives, with devastating consequences. Now as Lynn tries to piece together and come to terms with her past as an adult, she discovers she wasn't the only one with a secret. Every family has its secrets, but some are worse than others. 'I had learnt to switch myself off from feeling anything when he molested me. Just lie there like a wooden doll and don't give him the satisfaction of allowing one whimper to leave your mouth.' Lynn's mother wanted the world to see the perfect family. An immaculate house, three well-dressed children and a charming husband. But behind closed doors it was a different story. Abused by her father from when she was just a baby, Lynn would scream for her mother, who ignored the little girl's cries. Nothing was going to shatter her perfect life. Threatened by their parents, Lynn and her brother never told anyone in fear of being separated, but the trauma of their past followed them throughout their lives, with devastating consequences. Now as Lynn tries to piece together and come to terms with her past as an adult, she discovers she wasn't the only one with a secret. Its what daddies do with their little girls, he explains, every little girl does it. But its a secret, and you must not talk about it. Cassie was too young to remember when her father started abusing her. With no one to turn to in a house where her father ruled with an iron fist and her mother only saw her as a rival for her husbands affection, she married a man she didnt love in order to escape. When she eventually confessed her secret, her husband abandoned her and the children. They were soon taken into care as Cassie fell to drinking. Now would begin the biggest challenge of her winning her children back and working to eclipse the pain of her childhood. This is the heartbreaking true story of a little girl that just wanted to be loved. How do you stop your past from determining your future? "It's what daddies do with their little girls," he explains, "every little girl does it. This is the heartbreaking true story of a little girl that just wanted to be loved.