'A CHILLING new memoir by the daughter of mass murderer Fred West and
his wife Rose describes the savage cruelty of her upbringing in 25
Cromwell Street, Gloucester' DAILY MAIL
'Mae, I mean this ... I'm not a good person and I let all you children
down ...' Rose West, HM PRISON DURHAM
It has taken over 20 years for Mae West to find the perspective and
strength to tell her remarkable story: one of an abusive, violent
childhood, of her serial killer parents and how she has rebuilt her life
in the shadow of their terrible crimes.
Through her own memories, research and the letters her mother wrote to
her from prison, Mae shares her emotionally powerful account of her life
as a West. From a toddler locked in the deathly basement to a teen
fighting off the sexual advances of her father, Mae's story is one of
survival. It also answers the questions: how do you come to terms with
knowing your childhood bedroom was a graveyard? How do you accept the
fact your parents sexually tortured, murdered and dismembered young
women? How do you become a mother yourself when you're haunted by the
knowledge that your own mother was a monster? Why were you spared and
how do you escape the nightmare?