It Could Have Been You

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Forty-five minutes later, naked, bleeding from throat slashes and near death, Merlyn was on the front steps of the house, trying to summon help. She also found a new friend, one who hadn't known her before the attack, which caused, she says, some resentment among the older friends. She survived the horrific rape and attempted murder but her fight for recovery and to gain compensation, brought her against some surprising areas of resistance – including the refusal of the NHS to pay for plastic surgery on her neck scars.

It was a shocking and truthful book about what this brave lady went through in the hands of a disturbed maniac and managed to survive her awful heart wrenching ordeal. Not easily scarred Almost exactly five years ago Merlyn Nuttall was dragged off the street in broad daylight, sexually assaulted and almost killed. As the young woman, who was brought up in Astley Bridge, walked down a busy main road in Brixton she was grabbed by a man and dragged into a derelict house where she was subjected to an appalling sex attack.A poor condition book can still make a good reading copy but is generally not collectible unless the item is very scarce. She survived partly through the care of her father and three elder sisters, but also because "I felt I had to show them I was OK and that would ease their pain". Note: Our refurbished grades - Pristine, Very Good and Good - are solely based on the cosmetic condition of the phone. On the way to work one February morning, she was dragged off a busy Brixton street by knife wielding Anthony Ferrira.

Now in her book, she tells her story from the day the attack took place through every stage of her fight to rebuild a normal life. It is clear that immersion in the practical details of the investigation and trial and then the compensation helped her recovery, which explains in part, perhaps, the book's function as a handbook for the survivors of violent crime. Tell us why you liked or disliked the book; using examples and comparisons is a great way to do this. Before she leaves the house she checks who is in the street, she does not walk along pavements close to houses and avoids the Tube.It seems clear from reading the book that Merlyn survived the attack rather better than some friends and relatives, partly because of her euphoria at simply being alive. Everyone thought it was over, everyone thought the sentencing had given a conclusion to the whole traumatic event. The books featured on this site are aimed primarily at readers aged 13 or above and therefore you must be 13 years or over to sign up to our newsletter. I felt I was the least likely to be picked out as a victim, because I did walk confidently, I certainly wasn't small or slight.