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Call Me Tuesday
At eight-years-old, Tuesday Storm's childhood is forever lost when tragedy sends her family spiraling out of control into irrevocable dysfunction. For no apparent reason, she's singled out from her siblings, blamed for her family's problems and targeted for unspeakable abuse. The loving environment she's come to know becomes an endless nightmare of twisted punishments as she's forced to confront the dark cruelty lurking inside the mother she idolizes. Based on a true story, Call Me Tuesday recounts, with raw emotion, a young girl's physical and mental torment at the mercy of the monster in her mother's clothes--a monster she doesn't know how to stop loving. Tuesday's painful journey through the hidden horrors of child abuse will open your eyes, and her unshakable love for her parents will tug at your heartstrings.
328 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 15, 2012
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Leigh Byrne
6 books198 followersLeigh Byrne is an American author who lives in southern Indiana. She's a self-described loner and serious NBA fan. Her works include "Call Me Tuesday," a memoir revealing her experiences as a victim of extreme child abuse, and "Call Me Cockroach," in which she details the devastating and often bizarre ways her childhood trauma has influenced her adult life.
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February 6, 2020
I always feel weird saying I enjoyed a horrific book about child abuse, but I really did like this one. I thought it was written well and it kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time.
This is the story about Tuesday Storm, based on Leigh Byrne's childhood. It began in a happy family full of love and joy. A tragic accident sends the mother spiraling into mental illness. She begins to torture and abuse her 8 year old daughter. Some of it was physical, but the most devastating parts to me where the mental / psychological abuse. That was some tough stuff to read. Although the mother was a monster, I think I hated the dad even more. In a normal family in a normal situation... he seems like he would of been a pretty great dad and guy. But this wasn't a normal family, and he disgusted me to my core. He allowed everything to happen and never stopped the mother from doing any of it. His only saving grace was when he sent Tuesday to stay with her aunt and grandmother during the summers to get away from the nightmare. I will definitely be reading the sequel.
This is the story about Tuesday Storm, based on Leigh Byrne's childhood. It began in a happy family full of love and joy. A tragic accident sends the mother spiraling into mental illness. She begins to torture and abuse her 8 year old daughter. Some of it was physical, but the most devastating parts to me where the mental / psychological abuse. That was some tough stuff to read. Although the mother was a monster, I think I hated the dad even more. In a normal family in a normal situation... he seems like he would of been a pretty great dad and guy. But this wasn't a normal family, and he disgusted me to my core. He allowed everything to happen and never stopped the mother from doing any of it. His only saving grace was when he sent Tuesday to stay with her aunt and grandmother during the summers to get away from the nightmare. I will definitely be reading the sequel.
April 27, 2015
This is a book which is difficult to read at times - for the pain in the writing is so poignant and artfully expressed. A pain that most people would probably want to forget and leave behind. But the author knows that she has a story to tell, a story that needs to be told, so that others may be spared the trauma that Tuesday went through. Which requires remarkable courage, in going through it all - not once, but twice - this second time page by written page.
We usually view motherhood as something sacred, but in “Call Me Tuesday” motherhood is anything but that. The book begins with a pivotal event, where her mother appears as an inhuman monster and Tuesday is at the height of her despair. We are then taken back to a much earlier time, when her mother was still a loving parent and Tuesday had not yet been robbed of her childhood. This is skilfully done, for we know that at some point in the book, we will reach that point again. But for now, it is for us to try and put the pieces together, in such a way that may somehow explain the change in her mother, and in her life. And as we go through a journey of mental and physical abuse together with Tuesday, witnessing the world through her eyes, we are unable to find the answers. Even after Tuesday has managed to break free, neither she nor we are any closer to understanding how such a thing can happen.
For how can a mother abuse her child? Day by day, year by year. Mothers are supposed to protect their children, care for them and nurture them. Children trust and believe in their parents, and when a parent turns on them, the child is helpless, with nowhere to turn. In most cases, the people nearby: neighbours, relatives, teachers... sense that something is wrong, but do nothing to help, perhaps not wanting to believe that such things are possible. And even now, I am sure that there are people who read this book and rationalize it away as being a solitary case. But the truth is, this is becoming much too common. Perhaps it has always been this widespread, and only now, in the digital age when new avenues of communication open up to us, it is much more difficult to keep such things hidden. Hopefully books, like this one, will encourage others to speak up, have the courage and support to unveil these dark secrets.
The book is very well written. We see Tuesday's world totally through her own eyes. The detailed descriptions of her surroundings effortlessly blend into the running plot and we are carried along, not able to put the book down - not wanting to hear more at times for it becomes almost too difficult to hear - but having to see it through, for we have come too close to Tuesday's inner turmoil than to desert her now.
Perhaps another testament to the strength of Tuesday’s character is the fact that she can still feel love for her mother, despite all that has happened to her. Maybe we need to learn from her. I, for one, think I could never be that forgiving.
I hope that others will read this book and learn from it. And that those in dire need of help will come upon it and through it find strength. And that Tuesday, after breaking free and setting out on a new beginning, will now live a happy life.
We usually view motherhood as something sacred, but in “Call Me Tuesday” motherhood is anything but that. The book begins with a pivotal event, where her mother appears as an inhuman monster and Tuesday is at the height of her despair. We are then taken back to a much earlier time, when her mother was still a loving parent and Tuesday had not yet been robbed of her childhood. This is skilfully done, for we know that at some point in the book, we will reach that point again. But for now, it is for us to try and put the pieces together, in such a way that may somehow explain the change in her mother, and in her life. And as we go through a journey of mental and physical abuse together with Tuesday, witnessing the world through her eyes, we are unable to find the answers. Even after Tuesday has managed to break free, neither she nor we are any closer to understanding how such a thing can happen.
For how can a mother abuse her child? Day by day, year by year. Mothers are supposed to protect their children, care for them and nurture them. Children trust and believe in their parents, and when a parent turns on them, the child is helpless, with nowhere to turn. In most cases, the people nearby: neighbours, relatives, teachers... sense that something is wrong, but do nothing to help, perhaps not wanting to believe that such things are possible. And even now, I am sure that there are people who read this book and rationalize it away as being a solitary case. But the truth is, this is becoming much too common. Perhaps it has always been this widespread, and only now, in the digital age when new avenues of communication open up to us, it is much more difficult to keep such things hidden. Hopefully books, like this one, will encourage others to speak up, have the courage and support to unveil these dark secrets.
The book is very well written. We see Tuesday's world totally through her own eyes. The detailed descriptions of her surroundings effortlessly blend into the running plot and we are carried along, not able to put the book down - not wanting to hear more at times for it becomes almost too difficult to hear - but having to see it through, for we have come too close to Tuesday's inner turmoil than to desert her now.
Perhaps another testament to the strength of Tuesday’s character is the fact that she can still feel love for her mother, despite all that has happened to her. Maybe we need to learn from her. I, for one, think I could never be that forgiving.
I hope that others will read this book and learn from it. And that those in dire need of help will come upon it and through it find strength. And that Tuesday, after breaking free and setting out on a new beginning, will now live a happy life.
March 7, 2012
Call Me Tuesday by Leigh Byrne is one of those stories that really pulls at your heart-strings when you read it. It's the story of Tuesday, and her relationship with her mentally ill mother. This book was impossible to put down. From the minute I picked it up I was hooked on Tuesday's story and I was constantly wanting to hear more of her story when I wasn't reading. The incredible abuse that she went through was terribly sad and made me cry more than once while reading. You don't think about how mental illness effects more than just the person who has it but this book gives an incredible glimpse at how it effects others, especially children. I would definitely recommend this book.
March 31, 2024
HIGHLY RECOMMEND! Couldn't put this book down! This is 'based on a true story' and chronicles the abuse, 'Tuesday', sustained throughout her childhood from her disturbed mentally ill mother.
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May 11, 2012
Very Pleased to receive this book, free through Goodreads First Read.
I opened “Call Me Tuesday”, began reading and couldn’t put it down. If this story is of the author’s early years, then I am so sorry for it: for a childhood lost, for the emotional hurt and for the pain. I cried more than once during the course of reading this disturbing, sad, heart-wrenching story.
Surely a difficult book for her to write Each word written must have re-awakened, vicious memories of a violent, cruel and abusive childhood. Yet still she retained her love for the Mama who had so cruelly and sadistically used her, for the Daddy who turned a blind eye and even for the brothers who ignored her. A very sad, cruel and poignant story and one of the best books I’ve read in a long time.
I opened “Call Me Tuesday”, began reading and couldn’t put it down. If this story is of the author’s early years, then I am so sorry for it: for a childhood lost, for the emotional hurt and for the pain. I cried more than once during the course of reading this disturbing, sad, heart-wrenching story.
Surely a difficult book for her to write Each word written must have re-awakened, vicious memories of a violent, cruel and abusive childhood. Yet still she retained her love for the Mama who had so cruelly and sadistically used her, for the Daddy who turned a blind eye and even for the brothers who ignored her. A very sad, cruel and poignant story and one of the best books I’ve read in a long time.
April 5, 2014
I grew up in the 70s so I at least understand the stigma on a family with a mentally ill member. Today, her doctors could recommend treatment that was not even considered in that era. Perhaps placed in therapy and provided medication to try and regulate the abuser's violent and uncontrolable actions. The mother's doctors would have been more proactive.
That being said, I felt like the author wrote in a rather disconnected manner. She may have been the recipient of the abuse, but I would have expected more intensity in sharing the cruelty she or her main character suffered. I really wish the brothers relationships with her would have been developed further. So much could have been done with the subject in this book and I was left feeling cheated when I finished.
A positive note: I do believe this was one of the many books I have picked up for free.
That being said, I felt like the author wrote in a rather disconnected manner. She may have been the recipient of the abuse, but I would have expected more intensity in sharing the cruelty she or her main character suffered. I really wish the brothers relationships with her would have been developed further. So much could have been done with the subject in this book and I was left feeling cheated when I finished.
A positive note: I do believe this was one of the many books I have picked up for free.
July 26, 2021
A booktok recommended this book so I decided to read it. Another sad book to add to my shelves. I wanted more justice for Tuesday. Her family and school failed her.
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POPSUGAR 2021 READING CHALLENGE - A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child) • There are 3 generations in this book. Tuesday, her parents, and her grandmother.
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POPSUGAR 2021 READING CHALLENGE - A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child) • There are 3 generations in this book. Tuesday, her parents, and her grandmother.
September 19, 2018
Really hard to read at times. I found myself angry and confused wondering why literally NOBODY helped this poor girl. She was failed by her entire family, friends and the system. Such a sad story!
September 14, 2016
I don't get it
I'm sorry..it seems this woman went through horrific abuse, but jumps from details of the abuse, right into a happy ending. Her mother was disturbed, and in one chapter the mother is cold, cruel, and seemingly has agoraphobia and then the next chapter, the moms a nurse and all is well. Huh?
It is the bare bones of a story, with no answers and I can't begin to imagine the anger she has towards her brothers. Glad this was free..not worth paying for. Sorry.
I'm sorry..it seems this woman went through horrific abuse, but jumps from details of the abuse, right into a happy ending. Her mother was disturbed, and in one chapter the mother is cold, cruel, and seemingly has agoraphobia and then the next chapter, the moms a nurse and all is well. Huh?
It is the bare bones of a story, with no answers and I can't begin to imagine the anger she has towards her brothers. Glad this was free..not worth paying for. Sorry.
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March 12, 2012
Amazing book & sad at times to think it was based on a true story. Kept me up til 4am reading it all in one day :)
December 8, 2017
I seem to be in the minority of people who did not care for this book. There is an art to writing about a difficult childhood. It requires insight that goes beyond relating facts. I feel insensitive for negatively critiquing a novel that is mostly a factual account of this poor author's experience of extreme abuse. It was the same feeling I had when I gave a negative review of poor Jaycee Dugard's Book of Firsts. It somehow feels wrong to criticize the way someone writes about their difficult experience.
I always hope for a book to read like Jannette Walls's Glass Castle, in which she painstakingly attempted to understand her mentally ill mother and father, who were voluntarily homeless; or Kimberly Miller's Coming Clean, in which she spun a beautiful memoir about her life growing up with a parent who was an extreme hoarder and the other parent who enabled that; or Jenna Miscavige's Beyond Belief, in which she gave a rich account of growing up in scientology and focused heavily on the mindset of the adults who allowed children to be constantly abused. Even Kate Mulgrew's Born With Teeth had far more insight than this book.
This read too much like Mommy Dearest or Sybil, which both pandered to the simplicity that black and white thinking creates. Only in this case, the book lacked the more sensational bits that made Sybil and Mommy Dearest so addicting. I am not saying I don't believe the authors factually based novel interpretation of her life. It's just that every remembrance was constructed to show how horrible her mother was. Her mother was horrible. There is zero question about that. Given that fact, why write a book that is so contrived? For example, school was extremely horrible for the author (fill in all the reasons why-- *all* having to do with her mother), except right before she moved. Suddenly school was the best thing in the entire world. Why? So she could set up (contrive) why it was then so damaging for her mother to have moved her to another state. She could have written about how traumatic it was to move without the unnecessarily extreme set up of how perfect school had suddenly become. There were also inconsistencies that never rang true. Her mother was very paranoid about child services but did things that would have been a huge red flag to child services. My point is that the author constantly, and unnecessarily, reshaped events to get the maximum impact from her blame of her mother. Her mother was obviously mentally ill after her head injury. There is little question that she became very abusive. I would have liked it more if she would have written about the complexities of having lived through such an experience. Head injuries can change a person's life in such drastic ways. Considering the research on traumatic brain injury, this memoir had the chance to be extremely informative. Yet, it seemed to focus on reshaping every event to fit a narrative that would have been better expressed in a more complex and more natural manner. It would have been more powerful to relate events in a more balanced tone.
I always hope for a book to read like Jannette Walls's Glass Castle, in which she painstakingly attempted to understand her mentally ill mother and father, who were voluntarily homeless; or Kimberly Miller's Coming Clean, in which she spun a beautiful memoir about her life growing up with a parent who was an extreme hoarder and the other parent who enabled that; or Jenna Miscavige's Beyond Belief, in which she gave a rich account of growing up in scientology and focused heavily on the mindset of the adults who allowed children to be constantly abused. Even Kate Mulgrew's Born With Teeth had far more insight than this book.
This read too much like Mommy Dearest or Sybil, which both pandered to the simplicity that black and white thinking creates. Only in this case, the book lacked the more sensational bits that made Sybil and Mommy Dearest so addicting. I am not saying I don't believe the authors factually based novel interpretation of her life. It's just that every remembrance was constructed to show how horrible her mother was. Her mother was horrible. There is zero question about that. Given that fact, why write a book that is so contrived? For example, school was extremely horrible for the author (fill in all the reasons why-- *all* having to do with her mother), except right before she moved. Suddenly school was the best thing in the entire world. Why? So she could set up (contrive) why it was then so damaging for her mother to have moved her to another state. She could have written about how traumatic it was to move without the unnecessarily extreme set up of how perfect school had suddenly become. There were also inconsistencies that never rang true. Her mother was very paranoid about child services but did things that would have been a huge red flag to child services. My point is that the author constantly, and unnecessarily, reshaped events to get the maximum impact from her blame of her mother. Her mother was obviously mentally ill after her head injury. There is little question that she became very abusive. I would have liked it more if she would have written about the complexities of having lived through such an experience. Head injuries can change a person's life in such drastic ways. Considering the research on traumatic brain injury, this memoir had the chance to be extremely informative. Yet, it seemed to focus on reshaping every event to fit a narrative that would have been better expressed in a more complex and more natural manner. It would have been more powerful to relate events in a more balanced tone.
January 7, 2015
I know that child abuse happens more often than we know, but I still get floored when I read about what some parents put their kids through. It is just hard for me to fathom that such cruelty can be inflicted on the most innocent.
This is the story of Leigh Byrne (named Tuesday Storm in the book), and how drastically her life changes after the death of her half sister who had polio. At the hands of a mentally deranged mother, Tuesday suffers beatings, starvation, being locked in her room and constant humiliation. That is bad enough, but to have her brothers and especially her father just let it happen is unspeakable. I was glad that she was eventually put in the care of her aunt. I wish I could take all of these children into my home and just shower them with love.
A difficult book to read that made me cry, but also a story of survival. It was hard to put down.
This is the story of Leigh Byrne (named Tuesday Storm in the book), and how drastically her life changes after the death of her half sister who had polio. At the hands of a mentally deranged mother, Tuesday suffers beatings, starvation, being locked in her room and constant humiliation. That is bad enough, but to have her brothers and especially her father just let it happen is unspeakable. I was glad that she was eventually put in the care of her aunt. I wish I could take all of these children into my home and just shower them with love.
A difficult book to read that made me cry, but also a story of survival. It was hard to put down.
March 31, 2014
Undecided
Undecided
I read the entire book waiting for the page where Tuesday would be free from her mother. when it finally came I was so happy for her that she would have a real chance at life. but the ending at the gravesite and the birthday party?! I know personally there is no way I could just move forward with a woman like Rose. I can't figure out if I'm happy for Tuesday or upset she never told Rose how she really felt.
Undecided
I read the entire book waiting for the page where Tuesday would be free from her mother. when it finally came I was so happy for her that she would have a real chance at life. but the ending at the gravesite and the birthday party?! I know personally there is no way I could just move forward with a woman like Rose. I can't figure out if I'm happy for Tuesday or upset she never told Rose how she really felt.
January 14, 2016
Amazingly sad and incredibly well written story of severe child abuse. All too often these cases fall through the system or the parents are believed over the child victims, still to this day I find that hard to figure out why. Not everyone has "perfect parents". Looking forward to reading the follow-up book Call me Cockroache.
December 4, 2022
For true stories, i cant really rate it less than 5 stars because the story isnt controlled, however, i gave this story 4 stars because the victim, Tuesday, forgave her mother and moved on despite the ongoing trauma. Firstly, for those wanting to read this book, be sure to be ready because this book IS VERY disturbing. I had to put it down several times because it was too much. Tuesday, only 8 years old faced SO MUCH VOILENCE, it was unbearable.
I got very angry because Tuesday gathered all the courage she had to SPEAK, tell the counsellor what was going on t home, however, the social services simply saw her mothers fake acting and believed she was overdramatising a "spanking". her voice wasnt heard, she was starved and beaten. Children are vulnerable beings, they carry the trauma with them forever. Parents take children for granted, because they're having a hard time, they decide to abuse their kids.
For me personally, this book hit home. The phycological abuse Tuesday went through made me realize im not the only one. Being called "ugly" by your mother and father is one thing a child can NEVER ever forget. Its engraved inside their heads. I sometimes look at myself and the words, "stupid" or "fat" come into my mind reminding me not to get too confident. They crash down on me and theres nothing i can do to stop it.
it saddens me to see the people we're meant to look up to are the ones putting us down, abusing us both psychologically and physically.
I got very angry because Tuesday gathered all the courage she had to SPEAK, tell the counsellor what was going on t home, however, the social services simply saw her mothers fake acting and believed she was overdramatising a "spanking". her voice wasnt heard, she was starved and beaten. Children are vulnerable beings, they carry the trauma with them forever. Parents take children for granted, because they're having a hard time, they decide to abuse their kids.
For me personally, this book hit home. The phycological abuse Tuesday went through made me realize im not the only one. Being called "ugly" by your mother and father is one thing a child can NEVER ever forget. Its engraved inside their heads. I sometimes look at myself and the words, "stupid" or "fat" come into my mind reminding me not to get too confident. They crash down on me and theres nothing i can do to stop it.
it saddens me to see the people we're meant to look up to are the ones putting us down, abusing us both psychologically and physically.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 18, 2022
This book is based on the true life of the author and is very difficult to keep reading in some parts. I found it hard to understand how nobody came to her rescue. Her father and brothers in particular.
July 3, 2024
Read this because Alishba did and now I’m traumatized
July 21, 2024
Heartbreaking, but couldn’t put it down. Hard to comprehend how this happens with no one speaking up. Very brave girl.
April 11, 2023
Such a hard read. I actually had to stop reading it several times and go do something else for a while.
The abuse Tuesday suffered at the hands of her mother is nearly unfathomable to me.
Thankfully the book ended on a happier more hopeful note which is why I gave the 4th star when rating it.
The abuse Tuesday suffered at the hands of her mother is nearly unfathomable to me.
Thankfully the book ended on a happier more hopeful note which is why I gave the 4th star when rating it.
April 22, 2014
Very sad story
This book was very well written and flowed smoothly. There were times I wanted to jump in the book and strangle the mother for what she was doing to her child. I found myself angry with the father, son's, school officials. How can NOBODY not say anything! Some things were so horrible you couldn't believe they could possibly be real. I just can't understand how someone could do this to their own daughter....crazy.
This book was very well written and flowed smoothly. There were times I wanted to jump in the book and strangle the mother for what she was doing to her child. I found myself angry with the father, son's, school officials. How can NOBODY not say anything! Some things were so horrible you couldn't believe they could possibly be real. I just can't understand how someone could do this to their own daughter....crazy.
October 10, 2017
Haunting Beautiful
I want to hug and protect her. No child should ever have to endure any type of abuse. Understandably, coming from a family personally in which I lost my brother when he was 15. My mother suffers from dementia today. She doesn't like men or boys. She can be cruel to my husband and son at times. I don't stand for it either. Sick or not, no human should be treated poorly.
Very elegantly written, amazing memory of the past torment, and such a strong woman ❤️
I want to hug and protect her. No child should ever have to endure any type of abuse. Understandably, coming from a family personally in which I lost my brother when he was 15. My mother suffers from dementia today. She doesn't like men or boys. She can be cruel to my husband and son at times. I don't stand for it either. Sick or not, no human should be treated poorly.
Very elegantly written, amazing memory of the past torment, and such a strong woman ❤️
June 11, 2023
Could not put this book down. Tuesdays story made me go hug my kids and then call my own parents and tell them how grateful I was for the loving environment they provided for me. If I had just one wish it would be for there to be no abuse of a child EVER.
August 6, 2012
Couldn't put it down. Even though there were times I wanted to throw my Kindle across the room in anger and sadness.
May 31, 2021
skaudrs un patiess stāsts par fizisko un emocionālo vardarbību pret bērnu.
Otrdienai ir tikai astoņi gadi, kad viņas māte nokrīt pa trepēm un iegūst galvas traumu (priekšējās pieres daivas bojājums), kas atstāj paliekošas sekas uz mātes personību, no slimnīcas atgriežas pavisam cits cilvēks, bet viņam ir mātes ķermenis - mātes seja.
piecu gadu garumā Otrdiena dzīvo ciešanās gan emocionālās, gan fiziskās, kas grāmatā sīki aprakstītas. ne brāļi, ne tēvs neiestājas pret to, kas notiek mājās aiz slēgtām durvīm un degunu priekšā. glābiņš ir pāris vasaras, kad Otrdiena dzīvo pie vecmāmiņas - tur viņa tiek pie normāla ēdiena, ēdienreizēm un arī apģērba, bet arī vasaras izbeidzas, jo vecmāmiņa aiziet no dzīves.
grāmatā aprakstītais ir prātam neaptverams un ļoti sāpīgs. grūti izprotams, kāpēc tieši Otrdienai nācās ciest pazemojumus un kāpēc neviens pieaugušais, pat tēvs, nenostājās pret māti. gluži pretēji, kad Otrdiena, ziemas aukstumā, aizbēga no mājām un paskaidroja sociālajai darbiniecei, kāda ir situācija mājās, sākās meitenes pilnīga ignorēšana no tēva puses...
es pat nezinu, kuram cilvēkam šī grāmata bija mīļāko grāmatu sarakstā, jo tāpat vien jau manā kindle grāmatas nestāv, taču lai arī tas bija diezgan sāpīgi un mazliet pat traumatiski, es atļāvos izlasīt arī turpinājumu grāmatai.
Otrdienai ir tikai astoņi gadi, kad viņas māte nokrīt pa trepēm un iegūst galvas traumu (priekšējās pieres daivas bojājums), kas atstāj paliekošas sekas uz mātes personību, no slimnīcas atgriežas pavisam cits cilvēks, bet viņam ir mātes ķermenis - mātes seja.
piecu gadu garumā Otrdiena dzīvo ciešanās gan emocionālās, gan fiziskās, kas grāmatā sīki aprakstītas. ne brāļi, ne tēvs neiestājas pret to, kas notiek mājās aiz slēgtām durvīm un degunu priekšā. glābiņš ir pāris vasaras, kad Otrdiena dzīvo pie vecmāmiņas - tur viņa tiek pie normāla ēdiena, ēdienreizēm un arī apģērba, bet arī vasaras izbeidzas, jo vecmāmiņa aiziet no dzīves.
grāmatā aprakstītais ir prātam neaptverams un ļoti sāpīgs. grūti izprotams, kāpēc tieši Otrdienai nācās ciest pazemojumus un kāpēc neviens pieaugušais, pat tēvs, nenostājās pret māti. gluži pretēji, kad Otrdiena, ziemas aukstumā, aizbēga no mājām un paskaidroja sociālajai darbiniecei, kāda ir situācija mājās, sākās meitenes pilnīga ignorēšana no tēva puses...
es pat nezinu, kuram cilvēkam šī grāmata bija mīļāko grāmatu sarakstā, jo tāpat vien jau manā kindle grāmatas nestāv, taču lai arī tas bija diezgan sāpīgi un mazliet pat traumatiski, es atļāvos izlasīt arī turpinājumu grāmatai.
January 6, 2023
I have been looking for this book for so long and was finally able to find it in a library in Maryland. This is very similar to A Child Called It, and just as horribly sad. Tuesday Storm lives with her dad, her brothers and a sister, Audrey. Audrey is very sick and in a wheelchair and was not expected to live long. Audrey eventually passes away and that's when life for Tuesday changes. Her mother starts abusing her in every way possible. Beatings, withholding food, making her eat inedible things, not letting her shower or use the bathroom. Making her stand in a corner for hours and also having her two sons abuse her. Her father is aware but keeps promising Tuesday things will get better, but he does nothing to stop the abuse. Super trigger warnings, as this was so hard to read. It's a truly sad story if once again, a child being let down by every adult they come in contact with.
July 18, 2020
Wow! First of all, no child should ever have to go through the hell she went through. I dont understand how the momma could treat her fine for 8 years and then treat her like crap the rest of her childhood. Lets say the momma did have a mental condition,then what the hell was the dads problem. As a parent,you're supposed to protect your child. It dont matter how much I love my husband,if he mistreated my kid or kids like this I would leave with the kids. This was just sad. As far as Tuesday forgetting the last years of her childhood to have a current relationship with her mom,she is crazy. She is a better woman than me,cuz id say screw you and forget I had a mom.
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March 20, 2023
Overwhelming story
This story was so sad😭, emotional, painful and just plain awesome!!!. It just absolutely baffles the mind that a mother could be so hateful, cruel and manipulative to their OWN children. But unfortunately happens everyday!!!. Sooo, so sad!!. I am glad I read the 2nd one first or I might not have made it through the first one. She is most Definitely stronger for ALL the crap she has been thru. Bless You Tuesday!!!. Say her name and remember her!!!.
This story was so sad😭, emotional, painful and just plain awesome!!!. It just absolutely baffles the mind that a mother could be so hateful, cruel and manipulative to their OWN children. But unfortunately happens everyday!!!. Sooo, so sad!!. I am glad I read the 2nd one first or I might not have made it through the first one. She is most Definitely stronger for ALL the crap she has been thru. Bless You Tuesday!!!. Say her name and remember her!!!.
November 30, 2020
Sad story of abuse
This book really broke my heart. It hurt to see the pain that Tuesday had to endure in the hands of her mother but what hurt the most was seeing that the rest of her family allowed the abuse to take place for so long. It is sad how abuse comes in different ways. Allowing the abuse is just as wrong as inflicting it.
This book really broke my heart. It hurt to see the pain that Tuesday had to endure in the hands of her mother but what hurt the most was seeing that the rest of her family allowed the abuse to take place for so long. It is sad how abuse comes in different ways. Allowing the abuse is just as wrong as inflicting it.
September 1, 2023
This book was a rollercoaster of emotions.
At first I couldn’t believe what I was reading, and how someone could fictionalise such events . Then I was told it’s based of a true story, the Authors own childhood. The book then became so immersive.
Although I didn’t really like how it ended .
4.5/5
At first I couldn’t believe what I was reading, and how someone could fictionalise such events . Then I was told it’s based of a true story, the Authors own childhood. The book then became so immersive.
Although I didn’t really like how it ended .
4.5/5
January 8, 2025
I always feel weird giving 5 stars to horrific stories especially ones involving child abuse, but I really did like this one. I thought it was written well and it kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Very hard to read at times though…. I found myself angry and confused wondering why literally NOBODY helped this poor girl!
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