Daddy's Girl is a true story, narrated by the victim who suffered sexual abuse of the inappropriate touching, pawing, intimate hugging variety during a fortnight visit at her uncle's home. Being a mere child of pre-kindergarden age the abuse was internalized due to fear and uncertainty of what actually happened. The short story then fast-forwarding, covers her traumatised youth and young womanhood, until redemption was eventually achieved with psychiatric help. One can totally empathise up to a certain point, but cannot help wondering at the weakness of character that allowed the memory of a brief episode - of what was actually a mild case of sexual abuse - to almost destroy her adult life.
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