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From the Mouths of Mothers

Amanda Stuart Fisher author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Aurora Metro Publications

Published:1st Jul '13

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A powerful, short verbatim play assembled from mothers' experiences of their children being abused. A verbatim play, created from the testimonies of seven mothers who have had to come to terms with the devastating reality of their children being sexually abused. In a society in denial of the widespread occurrence of the sexual abuse of children, and with a system ill-equipped to deal with the families, the women tell the often harrowing stories of how they have struggled to access medical and social services for their families as well as justice from the courts.

"A haunting visual background portraying real life video recordings of young children in vulnerable home environments reminds us that beyond the safe walls of the counselling space, or the 'help group', real lives are being lived. The play exposes common failures of the legal, social and healthcare systems that should have been there to support these women. There are examples of doctors who don't conduct proper medical examinations when there are suspicions of abuse, or mothers being questioned and even verbally attacked by social workers while seeking help for their children. As an observer, this is an appalling reality to take in. By watching the play, we all become "passive" witnesses in a sense." - Huffington Post.

ISBN: 9781906582999

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

96 pages