06 September 2014

Groomed – Laurie Matthew

This book is not for sensitive readers!

Genre: Biography

“An uncle who went too far, a mother who didn’t care” – This is the ‘catch line’ on the front of the book…
Sweet cheese on toast!  The horror in this book…  Little Laurie’s mother hates her and abuses her.  But her Uncle Andrew loves her.  He’s showed her that.  But it’s not love.  He sees a vulnerable child that he can manipulate and groom, and he does, and not just for himself but for an entire cult of ritualistic child abusers.  And she’s not the only one.

The horrors of Laurie’s childhood are forever trapped in this book.  It was a captivating read but the ending was blunt, although captivating isn’t really the right word, more like gripping.  The horror grips you and doesn’t let you go right until the very end.  Seeing life through Laurie’s eyes is enough to make your stomach turn.  I couldn’t even cry for her, I was too shocked.


I think Laurie should be congratulated.  It must have taken a lot of bravery to be willing to share her story.  Her ordeal.  She must have scratched open so many of her old wounds and felt the pain so she could tell the world what happened.  To confront her abuser for what he did and her mother for what she didn’t.



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