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Please, Daddy, No

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This memoir by a British male survivor of a boyhood of extreme physical, sexual, and emotional abuse should be read by everyone. It will increase the reader's understanding of what is faced by child victims and adult survivors. Despite the tragedy of Stuart Howarth's childhood, this is a tale of triumph over seemingly impossible odds. It is testimony to the strength, creativity, and resiliency of the human spirit. Ultimately, this book is a work of love.
I am a therapist who has worked with thousands of survivors of sexual child abuse, and have recommended this book to clients and colleagues. As the author of two books written for male survivors and their allies ("Victims No Longer" and "Leaping upon the Mountains") I know how important it is for survivors and their allies to learn that they are not alone. Please Daddy, No is not an easy book to read, but it is well worth reading. Mike Lew, The Next Step Counseling & Training, Brookline, Massachusetts

This is the first book I have started and finished in years. i just could not put the book down. You most certainly do not have to be a person who was abused or ill treated in anyway to appreciate where the Author "Stuart Howarth" was coming from in this book. I can guarantee anyone who starts to read this book will finish it within a week. I feel like I know the author just from reading his Honest, open and very real story! I respect him and wish him and his family the very best in the future. I feel this book should be used in Adult schooling, e,g social workers in training, DSS workers, Adoption agencies etc. It really is an eye opener!

This book is an incredible read that takes the reader into the drama and intensity of raising a child and being a father to your child is a real responsible act and not just good intentions that are never manifested. This story sheds light on how many families deal in silence with the challenges of life that are expressed in children's lives negatively and are never dealt with in an appropriate way. This is a great read that will keep your attention from begining to end.

Read it and found it not to be a book I would really recommend as felt that the author just wasn't a good writer and that a lot of the words that I am sure on familiar to the Brits, were totally unfamiliar to me which made the book even more unsatisfying.

I have read several books on child abuse so I am familiar with the horror of what adults can do to children, but this just was poorly written and very repetitive of the author so wanting his father's approval and love, that it became a redundant theme and was total overkill.

WELL! So much for the housework! But there's always tomorrow, right?

It's not a terribly quick read - just enough to to read on the plane or a long car trip.

The story is told in a very non-graphic manner, yet you know what abuse was suffered. Not too sure that the "coincidental" meeting at the end is true, but that doesn't take away from the story.

I would have liked to have seen a bit more depth added to some of the characters, to get more of a sense of what their personalities were like & lengthen it some. The author does fall short there making it sort of flat.

The story itself is a 5 but the skill at telling it bumps 1 off for me

I am immensely proud to call Stuart a friend and ally in healing and to have shared part of his journey.

This book, and 'I Just Want to Be Loved' tells a story that some people may find hard to believe, but this does happen, children do suffer, but Stuart shows that no matter what, you can overcome the past, you can become the man you want to be and be the man you are!

I have worked for over twenty years with thousands of male survivors here in the UK, and around the world, and it was an honour to meet and get to know Stuart, along with all the other male survivors out there, yet to speak

Steve
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