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Why Me?
Written by Sarah Burleton
Narrated by Tanya Eby
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In the blink of an eye, Mom ran up behind me and pushed me into the fence. Instinctively, I reached out my arms to stop my fall and ended up grabbing the live fence. My hands clamped around the thin wires, and my body collapsed to the ground as the electricity coursed through it. I opened my eyes and saw my mother standing over me with the strangest smile on her face. "Oh, my God, I'm going to die!" I thought in panic.
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Reviews for Why Me?
Rating: 4.341666645833333 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5It's awful that Sarah was abused by her mother, of course, but as a BOOK, it was just ok.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What a strong young women she had turned out from all that abuse.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A very powerful story about maternal abuse. It's condensed and packs a punch. So sad there are such evil people in the world. Thank you for sharing your story Sarah.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love it. An example of how a person can overcome so many obstacles. Sarah has a great sense of self.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Harrowing story indeed, glad the author had the courage to write this book, could have done with being a little longer but glad she survived her awful childhood.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My heart breaks for children in this situation truly disturbing
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The book was good. It just reminds you about how much child abuse is in the world and how much hatred is in our world we need to try to be kind to everybody.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5very moving.