Annabelle was born into an ordinary family in the county of Gloucestershire in England. She was destined not to have a normal childhood. She would endure years of abuse and misery. This book tells of her treatment at the hands of her family, and her determination to forge for herself, a better life; of the lengths she went to in an effort to be parted from her parents and siblings and of her exploits which she engaged in to escape the brutality.