Stolen Childhood: The Three Cs
- ISBN-10
- 1475905211
- ISBN-13
- 9781475905212
- Series
- Stolen Childhood
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 245
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-04
- Publisher
- iUniverse
- Author
- Priscilla Musonda
Description
Priscilla Musonda has no idea how she survived such a hard life, but she knows why. The survivor of a lifetime of sexual abuse, she has grown to serve as a beacon for other child victims. In Stolen Childhood, she shares chilling, detailed accounts of her life in Zambia as the sexual slave of her father. The abuse began when she was just five years old, and as a result, her relatives shunned her and predicted that she would never marry. She struggled to complete her education as the nightmare continued. As a teen, she was forced to marry her own father, a polygamist with three other wives. She bore him four children who have also been shunned by her family. Desperate, she ran away to live on the streets. Her life was grim, but not as grim as the future they predicted for her. But Priscilla is a survivor, not a victim. She dreams of building a sanctuary, school, and psychosocial centre in Zambia. She shares her story with strong language and imagery, to help the reader truly understand what she went through. She wants to do everything she can to get others to take the claims of children seriously. Ten percent of the proceeds from the sale of her story will go to benefit the work of PSHAF.
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Other editions
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- 2011
- 542 pages
- Paperback
- Indiana University Press
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- 1998-02
- 253 pages
- Paperback
- Indiana University Press
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