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PATRICIA DEBNEY

One in 6 children is sexually abused, 90% by someone they know and trust, within the family fold. I was one of those children. An author of five books, I now turn myself to raising awareness, breaking the silences, and sharing lived experiences of CSA (Child Sexual Abuse). We must speak and stop this. The time is now.

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CONTENTS WARNING: child sexual abuse, trauma, PTSD

  • this time of year23rd December 2024
    For as long as I can remember, the holiday season has too often brought with it a pervasive melancholy. When I was little — before going to live with my father at age six — Christmas could feel uncomfortable for me: as the only grandchild for a long time, all eyes were on me, wherever … Continue reading this time of year
  • familial betrayal11th July 2024
    Pretty much everyone in the literary world — and most of the world in other areas I imagine — will now know about how Nobel Prize-winning writer Alice Munro did not protect her daughter Andrea Robin Skinner from the sexual assaults of her abuser husband, Gerald Fremlin, either during or after the events. Andrea’s story … Continue reading familial betrayal
  • our ribbons, our shoes10th March 2024
    Today is Mothering Sunday here in the UK, so I dedicate this post to my mother, another survivor of sexual abuse perpetrated by her father. Last week I was in Newcastle (UK), where I helped do a LOUDfence on the railings of St Mary’s Cathedral. As ever, the act of tying ribbons — colourful, fluttering … Continue reading our ribbons, our shoes

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PATRICIA DEBNEY is an American multi-genre writer living in Cambridge, UK. Her next book, Leaving Locust Avenue (formerly Learning to Survive), is a memoir about coming of age through familial Child Sexual Abuse and neglect – and about learning to live with the past. This work won Highly Commended in the Bridport Memoir Awards 2022.

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