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'The majority of men sexually abused as children never speak about their past and hide their shame and trauma away, forever carrying an enormous burden on their own, often with terrible consequences. From the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Fourteen, You Made Me This Way is part memoir, part investigation, driven by Shannon's experience of having been sexually abused as a young child.
'A harrowing and heartbreaking yet ultimately hopeful book about one of our society's deepest shames, from Shannon Molloy, the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, Fourteen.' (Publication summary)
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- Sound recording.
- Large print.
- Braille.
Works about this Work
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Death in Secrecy : Shannon Molloy’s New Memoir
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 452 2023; (p. 19)
— Review of You Made Me This Way 2023 single work autobiography 'Shannon Molloy’s 2020 memoir, Fourteen, recounted a childhood and adolescence of grisly homophobic violence. Yet many readers of that book – a bestseller, adapted for the stage and optioned for a film production – may find You Made Me This Way noteworthy in part because it reveals what Fourteen left out: the sexual abuse Molloy suffered, beginning at age five, at the hands of an older boy. This omission underscores one of the book’s central theses, that on average male victims of child sexual abuse find it harder than female victims to disclose their experiences. A conditioned reticence with grave implications – ‘[t]here is death in secrecy’. Molloy’s book, a hybrid of autobiography and journalism, takes socially important steps in assessing – and humanising – these implications.' (Introduction) -
A Voice for Silent Victims
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 February 2023; (p. 19)
— Review of You Made Me This Way 2023 single work autobiography
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A Voice for Silent Victims
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 February 2023; (p. 19)
— Review of You Made Me This Way 2023 single work autobiography -
Death in Secrecy : Shannon Molloy’s New Memoir
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 452 2023; (p. 19)
— Review of You Made Me This Way 2023 single work autobiography 'Shannon Molloy’s 2020 memoir, Fourteen, recounted a childhood and adolescence of grisly homophobic violence. Yet many readers of that book – a bestseller, adapted for the stage and optioned for a film production – may find You Made Me This Way noteworthy in part because it reveals what Fourteen left out: the sexual abuse Molloy suffered, beginning at age five, at the hands of an older boy. This omission underscores one of the book’s central theses, that on average male victims of child sexual abuse find it harder than female victims to disclose their experiences. A conditioned reticence with grave implications – ‘[t]here is death in secrecy’. Molloy’s book, a hybrid of autobiography and journalism, takes socially important steps in assessing – and humanising – these implications.' (Introduction)
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