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Call Me Tuesday
by
Leigh Byrne (Goodreads Author)
At eight-years-old, Tuesday Storm's childhood is forever lost when a series of tragic events send her family spiraling out of control into irreparable dysfunction. Almost overnight, 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 tr...more
Paperback, 328 pages
Published
February 15th 2012
by Create Space
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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...more
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...more
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 somethin...more
We usually view motherhood as somethin...more
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A mother suffering from mental illness.
A little sweet girl who wants nothing more than her mother’s love.
Family members who turn their backs to the blatant horror that is staring them in the face.
Call Me Tuesday was a tough book to read. Based on true events, it is a fictionalized story of what really happened to author Leigh Byrne while growing up. It reads like a memoir and in its true sense, that’s just what it is.
Using first person point of view, Byrne recounts her childhood while growing up...more
A little sweet girl who wants nothing more than her mother’s love.
Family members who turn their backs to the blatant horror that is staring them in the face.
Call Me Tuesday was a tough book to read. Based on true events, it is a fictionalized story of what really happened to author Leigh Byrne while growing up. It reads like a memoir and in its true sense, that’s just what it is.
Using first person point of view, Byrne recounts her childhood while growing up...more
Mar 07, 2012
Meagan
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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 ho...more
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This book is about a little girl named Tuesday and the abuse that she endured at the hands of her mentally ill mother. Oh how I wanted to hug her and make the hurt go away. She wanted so badly to be loved by the one person that you think will always love you no matter what. How our lives can change in an instant. I'm so thankful that she found happiness in the end. Looking forward to the next book by Leigh Byrne. Since this was based on a true story I visited the author's website and was pleased...more
This is the second item I reviewed from this writer. While a few interspersed sentences are quite good, the writer appears to lack the knowledge of the mental illnesses about which she writes. She may have book knowledge on the topics, but that doesn't always translate well to understanding how disorders manifest themselves in people. I'm a clinical psychologist, so perhaps others might not care about accurate depictions as much as me. I wish I could recommend this.
Very quick read! Had good reviews and was only 99 cents on Amazon Kindle so I thought I would give it a try. Really enjoyed it but it made me mad, sad..... very disturbing in parts. It sickens you to think this actually goes on in homes around the world. The ending was somewhat of a letdown but I would still recommend it.
It is amazing how something can alter a person so drastically. Tuesday started with a loving mother, but after a head injury life changed drastically for her. We all hear about how a brain injury can change a person's personality: Tuesday had to live it. I commend her on her on her strength and resilience
Good book, could not stop reading. So hard to believe that there are people in this world who would treat their children as this mother did. Also hard to believe that the child in this horrific story was able to see past the abuse and still want a relationship with this mother.
Once I started reading this book, it was impossible to put down. It's the heartbreaking story of child abuse and the author's acceptance and triumph over what happened to her from the age of 8 to around 14.
2.5 stars for this scarily realistic tale of a young girls descent into horrible child abuse. Somewhat unevenly written but a compelling read nonetheless.
Read on my Kindle.
Read on my Kindle.
A troubling story of prolonged child abuse. Very disturbing. Not as well written as I had hoped, but it certainly kept me interested and was a quick read for that reason. .
I won this book through Goodreads First Read and finished it in one sitting! A poignant story about a little girl, Tuesday, and her childhood growing up with an abusive mother suffering from mental issues after falling down a flight of stairs. The fact that Tuesday could continue to seek love and acceptance from her mother after all that was done to her was truly amazing. The story was also slightly depressing in that her father and family members knew what was happening to Tuesday, yet did noth...more
Well written for the first 5/6 of the book. The conclusion left something to be desired in terms of closure. Perhaps that may be the point.
What a book! What a child endures to earn a mothers love. Glad she found solace after everything she endured. She is truly an amazing person. Awesome read!
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 :)
it was really short, I finished it in a day. But it was a sad read, a little disturbing, and heartbreaking
Couldn't put it down. Even though there were times I wanted to throw my Kindle across the room in anger and sadness.
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Very touching and humbling book. Difficult read at times due to the nature of the book. Highly recommend!
This book kept me up until 2:30 am to finish. True story. Horrific mother. Resilient daughter. Highly recommend it.
Best book I have read in a long while, although it has left a scar on my heart and in my soul.
This book was amazing, very emotional read that was impossible to put down ! Read it in one sitting.
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Good story. Extremely hard to read at times. Had to put it down and walk away a few times.
I loved this book. It was hard for me to put down. This is just another case in point of why I am getting my degree in human services.
Gives you insight in abuse AND TBIs.
Such a sad book
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Leigh Byrne is the author of "Call Me Tuesday," a book based on her own true-life experience as a victim of child abuse. She shares her story with hopes of inspiring other adult survivors, and to bring to light the "Scapegoat Child" phenomenon, a sub type of abuse occurring when only one child is singled out from a sibling group and targeted for maltreatment.
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