Product Description

Thrust into care at six months of age because of an alcoholic father and mentally ill mother, Teresa Cooper's life began in a less than perfect way. Teresa spent an unsettled childhood in a variety of children's homes before being sent to Kendall House in Kent, which would become her prison and worst nightmare. At Kendall House, Teresa became a victim of a terrible regime, being injected with dangerously high doses of drugs and sexually abused. This cruel and vicious treatment, accompanied by punishments such as 163 days spent in solitary confinement, meant that it was not long before Teresa began to harm herself and even attempt to take her life. After three years of hell, Teresa thought her nightmare was over but another was about to begin. Teresa Cooper is a survivor. Fighting against a corrupt social care system, she has taken her case of abuse and drugging to parliament, and is fighting to prevent many more children from suffering at the hands of unethical doctors and abusive foster parents.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #123236 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 298 pages

Review
"One of the most moving accounts of child abuse that I've read" (Natasha Harding THE SUN )

About the Author
Teresa Cooper is a survivor. Fighting against a corrupt social care system, she has taken her case of abuse and drugging to parliament, and is fighting to prevent many more children from suffering at the hands of unethical doctors and abusive foster parents.

Customer Reviews

So Strong
I have been reading Pin down for the last three days now and I could not put it down, but have now finished it. It was the most gripping read i have read in quite a while and I admire Teresa for going through so much and yet she still managed to get through it and become a very strong survivor.
To all the people that have not yet read this I would advise you to because its a brilliant book.

Gripping Read
It took me around 5 hours to read this book, i just couldnt put it down,
It's one of those read's where as soon as you start it you can not do anything else for the rest of the day until you finish it,
The treatment that Teresa recieved by the people who should have been protecting her is unforgivable,
She encounters abuse after abuse and no-one believes her plea's for help,
Im amazed that she never suceeded in giving up her life.
After reading this book it leaves you with questions like "are the abusers still alive",
"Have they read this book ?" "is it still happening to others ?".
If we find it frustrating not having the answers god only knows how Teresa managed to go forward with her life and achieve all that she has managed to achieve and to go on giving other abused children and adults her full support and guidance,
My 17 year old daughter is now reading this book and finds it hard to understand that these things that happened were real.
I would definately recommend others to buy this book, its a tearful and gripping read and most of all its true.

Pin Down. Author
Kendall House was run by the Church of England and used by many social services with up to 2000 girls being sent there. Kendall House was first exposed in 1980 before I went there for it's chemical regime which horrified many but sadly after it's exposure in 1980, what went on behind those closed doors became what can only be described as a closely guarded secret until now.

Kendall House, Gravesend, Kent was a place you would expect to find in a savage cold war but this was no cold war, this was a children's home for vunerable girls in care of local authorities. A place where you would expect care and compassion but that didn't happen. We can not begin to understand why those in a position of authority chose to ignore what was going on behind those closed doors and exposing it for the first time since the public outcry in 1980 is a step forward and ensure this never happens again. Sadly it still happens today and we have two choices, ignore it or do something about it.

Say no2abuse and give children the voice they currently don't have.

My book is backed up by overwhelming files and evidence and may we learn from these experiences and of others.

I dedicate my book to all those who have suffered the devistating affects of child abuse.

Kendall House is not related to the Staffordshire case

The worst prison would be a closed heart