Ebook: Caged Bird
Author: Morgan-Davies Katy
- Tags: Adult child abuse victims, Adult child abuse victims--Great Britain, Cults, Cults--Great Britain, Biography, Biographies, Morgan-Davies Katy, Adult child abuse victims -- Great Britain -- Biography, Cults -- Great Britain, Great Britain
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: Transworld Digital
- City: Great Britain
- Language: English
- epub
'I was the shadow child no one ever saw...'
From the day she was born until she escaped aged 30, Katy Morgan-Davies knew nothing but a life in captivity. Her father was the deluded and cruel leader of a cult based in South London who convinced himself that he was a god, and the immortal leader of the world.
Her father's paranoia and his need to completely control those around him led to Katy being imprisoned indoors with the curtains drawn most of the time, denied any kind of love or friendship. From a young age, Katy's father subjected her to violence and mental abuse. She was not permitted contact with anyone outside the house and on the rare occasions she did have to go out, she was always chaperoned. When she did finally engineer her escape she realised just how little she knew of the world outside her front door. She had never before done the things we take for granted such as choosing what she wanted to eat from a menu or travelling by herself...