I never gave my consent : a schoolgirl's life inside the Telford sex ring
Archer, Holly2016
Books, Manuscripts
In 2013, a series of high-profile court cases sent shockwaves through the West Midlands town of Telford. Seven men, all from the town's Pakistani heritage community, were jailed for selling vulnerable young girls for sex. The convictions made national news, but for one girl the chilling headlines were all too real. Holly was just fourteen when her life changed forever after becoming embroiled in a frightening web of exploitation and abuse. Enduring countless violent rapes and death threats, she was forced to sleep with several men a night. As her abusers' grip tightened, she fell into despair, twice becoming pregnant. Hours after her last GCSE exam, she took an overdose in a desperate attempt to end the nightmare that had become her life. Her escape eventually came when, old enough to leave home, she fled to Birmingham.
Main title:
I never gave my consent : a schoolgirl's life inside the Telford sex ring / Holly Archer with Geraldine McKelvie.
Author:
Archer, Holly, authorMcKelvie, Geraldine, author
Edition:
Paperback Original.
Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Collation:
276 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781471157028 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.1532092364.1532B ARC364.153
LC class:
HV6569.G7
Local class:
364.153
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1540472