Broken: The Most Shocking Childhood Story Ever Told. An Inspirational Author Who Survived It.

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars | 3,761 ratings

Price: 17.3

Last update: 01-10-2025


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I was born and broken in Birkenhead, abused from infancy by a network of every kind of pervert from ‘thinks it’s love’ to ‘show it hurts’. I was unwanted, beaten, sold, swapped, photographed, filmed, left for dead, corrupted, blamed, betrayed, ignored and orphaned.

But I was also born with a fire inside me. I call it my Phoenix Fire. I am no victim—that word only describes what happened to me. Nor am I a survivor because that implies I am over it. I am a Phoenix—a work in progress. This is my story....


Top reviews from the United States

anonymous
5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazing Story of an Absolutely Amazing Woman!
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2023
What a valiant soul this woman has! This book was riveting from the beginning to the end. How this poor abused child grew up to be such a beautiful and courageous woman is absolutely fantastic! This is such a heartfelt and well written recall of one of the most terrible accounts of child abuse I have ever read; I could feel the pain and loneliness, the confusion and disappointment, and the joy and love and hope Shy felt on every page! Shy, you have such a beautiful heart despite all the fear and pain you went through! I find you incredibly inspiring! I went through a tiny fraction of what you went through, and it scarred me for many years, then both my children were sexually abused by a 14 yr old babysitter as toddlers (she went to jail)
but again, not anything near to what u experienced, with my daughter barely remembering just a couple things and my son not remembering anything at all, but they were wetting their beds until the ages of 9 and 12, (which we were told at the time could happen as a result of the abuse) so I could feel every emotion you shared in this book on a personal level. My son also just passed away a month and a half ago, at the age of 39, from a drug overdose, which was a life-long struggle from his teens and we just had his memorial service 3 days ago. So I am now experiencing that trauma as well. I didn't know if I wanted to read this book since I ordered it before that happened, and knew it would be a sad story, but I'm so glad I did! The courage it had to have taken for you to share this with others inspired me and the love you have in your soul was a beautiful thing to experience. Thank you for sharing this with me and helping me to realize that life can still go on and love and hope can still be found even after extreme suffering and pain. I applaud you for your determination and strength and sincerely wish you all the happiness, hope and and good health in the world in your future! What an amazing person you turned out to be! And I hope your story helps thousands of people to stop looking the other way when they see a child that may be being abused! On another note, I hope you make a ton of money so you are well off because I believe you deserve a stress-free life after all you have been through! Thank you and may God Bless You! ❤
N.Zinni
5.0 out of 5 stars Touching & Horrifying
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2024
This brave woman. You are amazing and it is wonderful to read that you survived and are fighting ting back for other victims. You rock!
Amazon Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars heart felt but a bit too drawn out
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2024
This true story is heart wrenching! The writer warns you of that and it is at times hard to handle. But it feels like it drags on with details that, once covered, should be sufficient. It could be 2/3’s in length but definitely worth reading
Not Public
5.0 out of 5 stars stay strong.I admire your un-broken strength.
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2023
Your book showed a very strong person that was labeled “broken.” I disagree. I believe, the in-human justice system remains somewhat broken. You are not as broken as you believe. People will continue to follow you to make them feel whole, and unbroken.

I do not know if you have time to read your reviews? I hope to be amongst one of the first to listen to your music that has been put on hold. With all the evil on planet Earth, and our leaders involved in a computer from the underworld exposing the predator world, now is a great time to unleash your scribble notes, and sing, in my opinion. Yes, I believe there are many ready to hear your music about a very concerning area of corruption, in our society. The rich are getting richer because of the violence, but…the poor are also becoming incredibly more poor. There is not much money to speak out against the “social injustices.” I hope you release your music and fund the campaign against all inhumanity. There are people willing to hear your music, especially since your voice, “singing voice.” Is really something in high demand, currently. Your ability to find a song that described your life, and gave you great strength…is the same hope you may bring to others in releasing your musical career that was mentioned in your books.

I read this entire book over the weekend and hope you are currently doing more to help our youth and families? It is an issue even in the United States, as well as in United Kingdom. I read the entire book in admiration of your great courage to talk and never stop talking and bring the entire topic to the public to discuss.

I hope you will continue the great Phoenix Website to help others, and bring awareness. Thank you so much for creating this book, and your website, and for all your great works, and bringing others together to help better the world. I enjoyed reading.
Kindle Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Broken
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2024
Really kept me intrigued. Very good writer. I would recommend this book to everyone. I couldn't put this book down!
Jamie kasper
5.0 out of 5 stars Really good
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2024
The book was really good but very sad. But that’s what I expected from reading the back. I would recommend it if you enjoy true story’s.
Brenda G
3.0 out of 5 stars An awesome story
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2024
I choose the rating overall it was a good book, towards the end it dragged on, and I started to loose interest
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5.0 out of 5 stars I highly recommend
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2024
Shy is only 4 years old when an evil pedophile, supposedly her step dad, & her evil, abusive, biological mother, constantly torture her in every way physically, mentally & spiritually daily.
Nevertheless, she does rise above it all like a phoenix!
There were parts I had to skip over, yet she was forced to live through it all????

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