" My father's total possession of me started on the night I was born , when I'm told that he paraded boastfully around the hospital , completely drunk , puffing on a cigar and joking that he was going to make me ' the best little prostitute on the block ' .
But he wasn't joking ; he was deadly serious . "
Forced into prostitution by her father when she was just a child and deserted by her mother , Maria was subjected to endless abuse and trauma. She would finally escape when she was fifteen and see her father jailed for his actions.
Maria was determined to escape her past and be the best role model possible to her children , but it is never easy to escape from such a disturbed start in life , and , as Maria became the victim of violence once again , the emotional demons from her childhood rose up to threaten her. Would she be able to escape her past once and for all ?
Maria Landon was a teenage prostitute with a drink and drugs habit when she became pregnant with her first child. The arrival of the baby changed everything and , having been through counselling to help deal with her past , she then began to teach personal development . Her aim is to help people who have been taught as children to think that they are worthless , a technique her father used to keep her in his power. She is now the mother of two sons aged 19 and 22 .Maria is the author of the bestselling ' Daddy's Little Earner ' .
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