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ISBN13: 9781919124032
Publisher: Melbourne Print & Publish
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.59 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Silence That Raised Me
Jeremy Waters
From four to fifteen, I was passed from place to place like a problem no one wanted to keep. I stopped talking about the abuse. It didn't matter. The bruises faded. The scars stayed. And the silence became louder than the screams in my head.
Some childhoods are stolen. This is the story of one boy who survived it, and refused to stay silent.
From the age of four, Jeremy Waters endured abuse at the hands of those who were supposed to protect him. Passed between foster homes, institutions, and boarding schools across rural New South Wales, he was failed repeatedly by a system designed to keep him safe. The people who hurt him smiled in public. Nobody believed the kid with the bad attitude.
So Jeremy learned to stay quiet. And that silence nearly destroyed him.
The Silence That Raised Me is a raw, unflinching memoir that follows Jeremy from a fractured childhood through the long shadow it cast into adulthood, the mental health crises, the moments he came closest to the edge, and the long, fragile road back. It is a book about what it means to survive when the system fails you, and what it takes to finally speak.
Deeply personal and at times confronting, this is not just one man's story. It is a testament to every child who was never believed, every survivor still carrying shame that doesn't belong to them, and a powerful call for the silence to end.
This memoir contains detailed accounts of child sexual abuse and trauma. Crisis support: Lifeline 13 11 14 - Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636 - 1800RESPECT
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