Excerpt from the Back Cover:
Marion Young tells her story as it flashes back to her but provides far more than a sad tale.
This book contributes to our knowledge of the internal wars and confusion about personal
boundaries which take place in those who have suffered abuse. Mental health professionals,
family and friends of abused individuals and the survivors of mental, physical and sexual abuse
themselves will all glean powerful and helpful information from this account.
– Toni Mehigan – Psychologist
Excerpt from the Foreward:
Marion Young has the keenest insight into suffering of anyone I know. She is an insider to a
world of incredible pain, confusion and fear. She is also an insider to a world of joy, peace and
hope. Marion has taken the time to think deeply about pain, hope, family, sex, God, people and
herself. Her vast experience and conclusions about life’s best and worst are distilled in Tell No
Secrets.
Many of the books that tell the stories of abuse have an angry and ‘victim’ ring to them that
can leave readers feeling in touch with their rage, but no further along the road to health.
This book is different. It tells a tale of shocking sexual and psychological abuse,
and none of the trauma of the abuse or of the unhelpful reactions from society are minimised.
Yet the story is told with restraint and dignity. Marion Young points us to the ideas, beliefs,
processes and sorts of people who are helpful when someone has been maimed by abuse.
The book is a history of Australia’s attitudes to sexual abuse over the last five decades –
written by someone who had to deal with each passing stage of our national wake up call to the
the crippling disgrace of abuse.
– Rev Mike Smith – Chairman Anchor Network