Trafficked Girl
Abused. Abandoned. Exploited. This Is My Story of Fighting Back.
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Una Byrne
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When Zoe was taken into care at the age of 13, she thought she was finally going to escape from the cruel abuse she had suffered throughout her childhood. Then social services placed her in a residential unit known to be 'a target for prostitution', and suddenly Zoe's life was worse than it had ever been before.
Abused and ostracized by her mother, humiliated by her father’s sexual innuendos, physically assaulted and bullied by her eldest brother, even as a young child Zoe thought she deserved the desperately unhappy life she was living.
‘I’ve sharpened a knife for you,’ her mother told her the first time she noticed angry red wounds on her daughter’s arms. And when Zoe didn’t kill herself, her mother gave her whisky, which she drank in the hope that it would dull the miserable, aching loneliness of her life.
One day at school Zoe showed her teacher the livid bruises that were the result of her mother’s latest physical assault and within days she was taken into care.
Zoe had been at Denver House for just three weeks when an older girl asked if she’d like to go to a party, then took her to a house where there were just three men. Zoe was a virgin until that night, when two of the men raped her. Having returned to the residential unit in the early hours of the morning, when she told a member of staff what had happened to her, her social worker made a joke about it, then took her to get the morning-after pill.
For Zoe, the indifference of the staff at the residential unit seemed like further confirmation of what her mother had always told her – she was worthless. Before long, she realised that the only way to survive in the unit was to go to the ‘parties’ the older girls were paid to take her to, drink the drinks, smoke the cannabis and try to blank out what was done to her when she was abused, controlled and trafficked around the country.
No action was taken by the unit's staff or social workers when Zoe asked for their help, and without anyone to support or protect her, the horrific abuse continued for the next few years, even after she left the unit. But in her heart Zoe was always a fighter. This is the harrowing, yet uplifting story, of how she finally broke free of the abuse and neglect that destroyed her childhood and obtained justice for her years of suffering.
©2018 Zoe Patterson and Jane Smith (P)2018 HarperCollins PublishersWhat listeners say about Trafficked Girl
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- Alana Voigt
- 22-09-2020
A fantastic listen!
This book is another example of how the social justice system is a complete let down. Zoe deserves to be commended on overcoming the hand that she was dealt with and becoming a strong and independent woman. Accepting her weaknesses and building on them to redefine herself. I’ve never been prouder of a stranger.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-09-2022
i couldn't stop listening it truly is a sad story
I'd definitely recommend this read the way it was written and the readers voice captuvates
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- Faulty
- 21-01-2020
gripping and heart braking
very well written and read excellently. I loved this raw, honest, heart breaking story. had me hooked in with every word.
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- BubblesMickey
- 05-12-2021
raw insight
I enjoyed this book as I have come from a similar background, the narater is really good to listen to
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- Glenys Holmes
- 15-01-2024
Thank you
Thank you for sharing
An intimate life story behind the faces you rarely give a thought to.
How many other stories are out there????
How many others don’t make it.
What a struggle life is for those that don’t ask for such misery
I honestly don’t know how one recovers and makes a meaningful life for themselves.
Congratulations on such a thought provoking book.
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- Mia
- 22-03-2023
exceptional gripping story
loved it . tough to listen to at times but it's many people story.
I love this narrator...
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- Jane Le Grove
- 19-05-2023
Tragic but repetitive
A tragic story that no one should go through… quite repetitive in the “story telling” but a message that illustrates the systemic issues in social support for victims of psychological and sexual abuse.
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- Jacinta Noonan
- 24-09-2024
Thank you Zoe
Thank you Zoe, you are one of the strongest and amazing human beings I’ve ever had the pleasure of learning from. I very much enjoyed your story and journey as I resonate with many of your experiences. I wish I could meet you and give you a huge hug. Love and light to you Zoe Patterson xx
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- Donna
- 15-02-2020
A story of bravery, resilience and bounce
A challenging read. At times I wanted to stop listening, unable to comprehend how awful Zoe's life was.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-07-2022
Society failed this little girl
What a devastating early life young Zoe had. Every time you think things couldn't get any worse, the social workers and police ignore the abuse in plain sight. During this story I just wanted to reach into the book and rescue this poor child from her awful parents and abusers. I would love to hear more from Zoe about how her life is going now. I truly hope she is thriving, she deserves a break.
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