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    Nobody's Child - Against All the Odds, He Managed to Escape the Horrors of a Stolen Childhood

    By Michael Seed and Noel Botham

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    ‘IF YOU READ ANY BOOK THIS YEAR, READ THIS ONE – MARTINA COLE

    ‘A LIFE STORY FAR MORE INCREDIBLE THAN ANY BESTSELLER’ - JEFFREY ARCHER

    ‘Sometimes today I still cry for the lonely, frightened little boy I was then – so unhappy and so longing for love – and marvel at not only surviving the brutality and the other appalling abuse but also, in the end, triumphing over it all.’

    Abused by those who were supposed to love and cherish him, Michael Seed had to fight for survival against his violent and emotionally deranged father in a broken family home.

    Born into a life of poverty, Michael was starved, beaten, and sexually abused by his father from the age of five. After losing his mother to suicide, a haunting depression grew inside the young boy and he long considered following in her footsteps. Yet, even in the midst of such tragedy and brutality, he always found that his desire to live outweighed his wish to end it all.

    Anchored by his faith, Michael overcame his horrific childhood to become an inspiration and a guide to others, both in the church and the secular community. Rather than dwell on the past, he has used it to change lives for the better.

    Nobody’s Child is a poignant, at times agonising, tale of abuse and loneliness that no child should ever have to endure. Above all, Michael’s words provide a lesson for us all in courage and the power of hope and forgiveness.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Blake
    Release dateJan 5, 2017
    ISBN9781786064356
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      Everyone should welcome this book as it explains the struggle to survive as a little child in the midst of betrayal and addictions. The families who cover up traumatic events really do not do any favors except for the perpetrators. The father in this story had a brain tumor and was a drunk. The mother was addicted. The school should have investigated the obvious signs of wrongdoing The neighbors should have recognized their duty to bring up to authorities what they knew wasn't going on, such as healthy relationships. Instead of resolving conflicts, families swept them under the rug. Poverty is no excuse. I see this every day.