This is the story of a life lived under constant criticism, abuse and emotional neglect.
She had almost no memories of her childhood up t.
May then did what would prove to be a lifelong practice, compartmentalise this information, never to be discussed again with anyone.
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She stormed in and confronted her mother only to find that it was, in fact, true.
She got to know about this not from her family but a friend.
When the author was 10, she discovered that she was adopted.
This is the story of a life lived under constant criticism, abuse and emotional neglect