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All the family names have been changed to protect the privacy and dignity of my husband (except the dog – who couldn’t be anything other than ‘our Ben’). Our friends in Canada, who are mentioned in the book, have all chosen for me to use their real names. All other names, in both Canada and the UK, have been changed. I have also changed the names of the abusers – but not to protect their privacy or dignity.

Some place names in the UK have been changed. Also please note that the flashback experiences are written based on what both my husband and I remember of those times and our interpretation of those events as seen from that age.

The order of some events have been changed and some details have been added or changed in order, once again, to protect my husband’s privacy and for editing purposes. Any details of abuse are taken from either my husband’s police statement or from discussions with him and are exactly as my husband remembers them.