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Living with Evil recounts Cynthia Owen’s survival of sexual abuse by her father and other adults during childhood. At just eleven, she becomes pregnant and, after giving birth, witnesses her mother kill the newborn. The account details a fifteen‑year legal battle that ultimately resulted in formal identification of the child. The book offers a stark look at the social conditions and challenges faced by victims of child abuse in Ireland.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir
Authors: Cynthia Owen
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