“ Each time he came he would twist my defenceless body into a different pose, as if I were his very own doll Rachel Abbott
“ The quiet but inexorable breaking down of self-esteem is much more sinister - it’s violation of the soul. Rachel Abbott
“ She searched her mind for a single day when it had felt good to be alive. There must have been one, surely? Rachel Abbott
“ A radio was playing quietly. Nobody was listening. It was there to drown out the silence. Rachel Abbott
