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  • By: Anna Ruston
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  • Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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Secret Slave

By: Anna Ruston
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Summary

You're not going home. You're not going anywhere. You're mine now.

Growing up in a deeply troubled family, 15-year-old Anna felt lost and alone in the world. So when a friendly taxi driver befriended her, Anna welcomed the attention, and agreed to go home with him to meet his family. She wouldn't escape for over a decade.

Held captive by a sadistic pedophile, Anna was subjected to despicable levels of sexual abuse and torture. The unrelenting violence and degradation resulted in numerous miscarriages, and the birth of four babies.... each one stolen away from Anna at birth.

Her salvation arrived 13 years too late, but despite her shattered mind and body, Anna finally managed to flee. This is her harrowing, yet uplifting, true story of survival.

Contains mature themes.

©2016 Anna Ruston (P)2018 Tantor

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So gripping to read

Struggled to listen to but felt I needed to know she got away. Such a strong girl. Glad she's finally happy with her Jamie 👍

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A Great Audiobook

Pakistan is one of the worst places in the world for women. Its culture is medieval and intensely chauvinistic - and yet we have imported it to England. This is the story of how Anna endured the torture of a Pakistani sadist and his associates. Like Joe Simpson inching his way out of a crevasse, it's about agony which can hardly be imagined. But she finally escaped and, instead of succumbing to madness or alcoholism as you might expect, wrote this beautifully composed and level-headed account.

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Unbelievably horrific

compelling to listen too but very uncomfortable. The narration was excellent and if felt like it was Anna speaking. It is so hard to believe that this type of abuse goes on but it does, the scenarios are so difficult to listen too and made me so angry that one human could treat another this way. To say I enjoyed the book sounds wrong but I was addicted to listen be prepared to be shocked

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A tragic story

Overall this is a good but tragic story of yet another a child being let down by everyone around them. How evil some people are in this world is truly horrifying.

I am not attacking her in anyway and do not question the horrors she has faced in life and it is very commendable and brave that she has been able to put this book together to tell her story and i wish her nothing but happiness for the rest of her life. However, I'm always slightly baffled that someone can remember so many detailed conversations and minor details from so long ago at a time your mind would have probably tried to block out.

The narration is pretty good overall, but she cannot imitate people well, for instance all males (excluding indians) in the story seem to have the same northern sleazy accent.

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Very emotional read

Very difficult to listen in some parts but knowing this was someone’s reality pushed me on to listen! Very very sad :(

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Absolutely Harrowing

It was a fascinating listen, you cannot believe one person could go through so much. Thank you for telling your story.

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Incredibly gruesome

One of the most grotesque stories I've ever heard, but I couldn't stop listening. The story is the horrible reality of what actually might me happening around the world without our knowledge. I sincerely hope several of the details are made up, due to their severity.

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fantastic book

heart breaking story , thank you for sharing your story. I think your so brave

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Shocking story

Was gripped from the beginning, hard to listen to at times, cringing at what Anna had to go through.
I do hope someday this family is charged for what they have done to Anna.
I wish you a happy life Anna and live every day for yourself and you own family Xx

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Interesting story

Anna thank you for telling about your terrible experience even after listening to this I can not and probably never will completely comprehend the nightmarish hellhole that most have been.

After writing an 25 page essay about rape it was extremely interesting to see the topic from another place. Also incredibly well done narrating.

But I do hope that you report him. It is worth remembering that this case could be true or false. And should be treated like a work of fiction due to the lack of other sources to colloberate and there have not been an criminal case. There is some places it feels to good of a story for it to be true like the boyfriend that waited 13 years for Anna and when he showed up they lived happily ever after.

Thank you it was an fascinating story, I hope you have a nice day!

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