Incest! Shhhh Keep It In The Family

The author was born in the wheat belt of Western Australia.
She spent the happy years of her early childhood in a Perth suburb.
Then her mother became ill and died.
Her father began insisting on nuddy-cuddles.
Sexual abuse within the family rapidly escalated.
And at 17 she escaped to the other side of the country.

The author does not describe herself as a victim. Nor does she describe herself as a survivor. Incest happens and she sees herself simply as a person it happened to.
Without self-pity, she states what happened - and how it happened - in sharp, unflinching sentences. Her style is straight-forward and straight-shooting and the effect is devastating.