Crying In The Dark

by Shane Dunphy

Four extraordinary true stories...Bobby and Micky, six and four, controlled from beyond the grave by their evil father ...Mina, seventeen, who has Downs Syndrome, desperate to be like everyone else, falling into the hands of men who abuse her trust ...Sylvie, a fourteen-year-old mother being pimped by her father ...Twins Larry and Francey, ten, scarcely human after an upbringing of savage and unimaginable cruelty ...One inspiring account of how one man got to know these wounded children and tried to give them hope - and a future.

Genres: Nonfiction, Fostering, Abuse

320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 1, 2007

About the author

Shane Dunphy is the million-selling author of non-fiction titles relating the years he spent as a child protection worker. He is an accomplished musician and has composed soundtracks for television and radio. Dunphy is an award-winning documentary maker and he writes regularly for Independent newspapers. He also writes a series of crime novels under the pseudonym S.A. Dunphy.

Reviews

[Karen Appleyard]

I had a pile of books given to me, a fair few, were of this genre, which I put aside straight away, it is not a genre I would choose to read.
But this one escaped the discarded pile and whilst searching on the title/author, I came across a review which convinced me to give it a go.
I was gripped from the off!
I liked the writing style of Shane Dunphy, was to the point and no sugar coating and have gone straight onto another of his, Wednesday's Child (Which apparently I should have read before this one).
Highly recommend

[LaYinka]

In a few words, Crying in the Dark was a truly disturbing discovery of the ultimate cruelty people can impose upon children. It was riveting, and the first hand account from the author sent shivers down my spine.

Dunphy successfully brings the accounts during his work to life, leaving one feeling as though one's walking with him through his tasks.

[Sara Robbins]

Brilliant

Such a brilliant read with some hard situations for each child to be in only to be supported through their bad times by someone who is clearly dedicated to his job the world needs more people like shane

[Clare Burnett]

Another fantastic read Shane dunphy

[Jeanine]

Outstanding book.

[Charlotte]

Very good

[Beth Arrowsmith Herbert]

Not my usual read but 2nd hand book shops mean you can go for all genres. A disturbing read and upsetting in places. You know these people and cases exist but Shane brings them very much to life.

[Charlotte]

Good book

[Gail murray]

Hard to get into but I'm glad I stuck with it

[Connie]

I don't usually read this genre, and only bought this book because it was priced so cheaply and I wanted to try something new. So I don't really know what the standard for this genre is. But I do think this is a good book, and really shows the propensities for good, bad and recovery in people. The stories are truely heart breaking and should come with a health warning. However, there are happy endings, even if you're left screaming for more thorough justice to be carried out. There are some truely sick people in the world, and this book gives you faith in the people who try to counteract the badness.

[Lucy Street]

A really intersting read if you like all the child abuse fina od books..Some really sad parts to the story and makes you think @does this really happen@ i enjoyed this book and enjoyed how the author kept bouncing between each case load he had..kept me interested all the way through and i wanted to find out page after page as to what happened with each child. Will definatly be reading more of shane dunphy...

[Patricia Kaniasty]

This was by far Shane Dunphy's best book. The four stories were heartbreaking, disgusting, horrid, etc.. I really felt for Mina. She is a amazing young woman. The twins were very strange but interesting. I wish more would have been said about how everyone ended up but I guess that's for another book.

[Jennifer]

Different stories, one book

I thought that reading all three were very interesting. I could see how it could be almost typical of any case. one would know this if working with children.

[Linda]

It is absolutely horrible to Think about some of the things that kids go through. This book really gets you thinking about it

[Cheryl]

It gripped me.

[Amanda]

Brutal honesty that most people don't want to know about - congratulations on your gift of writing and helping abused children Shane!

[Sharon Heathfield]

amazing work this guy does

[Bookworm86]

Another fab book from Shane Dunphy x

[Roy Coughlan]

hard but gripping read