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Reviewed by: Dr Robert N Moles
A remarkable story of survival and determination. Janet Crease, the sister of a well-known Adelaide news reader tells the moving story of her childhood sexual abuse by her father. Janet Crease takes us inside the mind of a child, victimised by her paedophile father who allowed fellow paedophiles to abuse her and use her in the city of Adelaide.
This extraordinary story of her life tracks her childhood of suffering through to her adult life where she became a survivor. Saved by her 'girls' her Weimaraner dogs, Janet's trusting, loving and protective companions, which she has trained as cadaver dogs.
Janet says that they gave her 'a reason to live'. As she says, 'its time for survivors of childhood sexual abuse to speak out about the atrocities committed against them by the "rock spiders" who live in our society, … whomever they are.'
I approached the book wondering if I could bear to hear another account of abuse and mistreatment of children. However, I soon found that there are always two sides to the stories of such survivors. One side of course is the immense sadness in learning what human beings can do to each other. This is made immeasurably worse when it is realized that the abusers are the very people who had the duty to provide the trust and comfort to those so much in need of it. The other side is the survival and success 'against the odds'. The ability to find joy and happiness and to work the tragedy through to success and fulfillment.
The end point is the determination to ensure that the truth will come out and accountability will be forthcoming.
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