Ebony’s mum had turned things around and was back in her life. But then a brutal act robbed them of everything…

My own mum despised me from the moment I was born

It’s a sad fact that one in five adults experience domestic abuse during their lifetime, with women more likely to be physically injured or even killed by a partner or ex-partner. But rarely do we ima

Hiding upstairs with my brother and sister, I heard something no child ever should.

When Kathleen’s four babies died one by one, her grief was all consuming. But things were about to get far worse…

As I sat on the sofa with Dad, eating sweets, my eyes drifted to the walls. ‘Why do you have so many pictures of the devil?’ I asked. ‘I think it’s cool,’ Dad shrugged. It was 2007 and even at six, I