Shoy - Tapa blanda

Shoy's childhood was shattered from the age of five by Roger, an out-of-work, married, trusted lodger spying on her and watching her every move. He embarked on several years of blackmail, degradation and shameful acts that no-one could possibly begin to imagine or inflict on a child. He continually raped her within the walls of her home, the one place that should have been safe and secure. Shoy carries her dark, sometimes engulfing secret into her late twenties until forced to reveal it. It is at this point in her life that all the fear of speaking out is realised and she is not believed. Destroyed and broken from this, she looks at her two young children and decides for them and her own sanity to seek help taking her on a journey that will finally see her facing and accepting her past, finding new strength and regaining her identity enabling her to be successful in her endeavours and strong as a single parent, but above all surviving.

My name is Aandi Greenway, a 47 year old, first generation, black British Caribbean divorced women with two grown up children. My daughter is 30 and my son is 23. I’m the second child (oldest daughter) of five – three brothers and one sister. Most of my education was achieved through evening classes having worked up to getting a Degree in Computer Science. I have worked as a shelf-stacker in a supermarket, copy typing in a typing pool, Office Manager, Business Manager and presently having achieved my dream job of Air Cabin Crew with a very well-known British Airline. I’m a very outgoing person, which is far cry from where I was in my younger years. I’m driven, having also started my own Wedding and Event Planning Business. I’ve been on a television game show and won the first prize. I’ve appeared in a video and did various radio broadcasts worldwide representing British Army Families. I have done other radio and television interviews discussing the subject of child abuse based on my own experiences with a view to possibly helping others. My aim now is to write full-time as it is something I’m very passionate about and enjoy immensely.