Did You Ever Love Me?
How do you stop your past from determining your future?
“It’s what daddies do with their little girls,” he explains, “every little girl does it. But it’s a secret, and you must not talk about it.”
Cassie was too young to remember when her father started abusing her, but she remembers how unclean it made her feel. When she got married at sixteen and had a family of her own, she thought she’d finally escaped his clutches, but he found a way to make sure she could never move on. Turning to drink to cope, Cassie’s babies were taken into care and her husband left her. Now would begin the biggest challenge of her life: winning her children back and working to eclipse the pain of the past.
This is the heartbreaking true story of a little girl that just wanted to be loved.
Toni Maguire has published four bestselling books, including two which covered her own story, Don't Tell Mummy and When Daddy Comes Home. Her success encouraged others who had kept their childhood secrets hidden to approach her and she has so far co-written seven memoirs. Toni lives in the UK and has lived in Ireland.
Cassie Cook (Author)
Cassie is now a carer for the elderly, with a good relationship with her sons. Although she has had to accept that she will never have a physical relationship, she has found a way to move forward from the horrors of her past, and would call herself a happy woman.