Review
   A Broken Childhood II: Forgiveness
   by
   Lydia Ola Taiwo
   Nightmares normally end when we
awaken. But what if your waking hours
   actually were your nightmare? In
her first book, `A Broken Childhood',
   Lydia Taiwo opened her heart and
showed us how she survived horrific
   abuse as a child.
   In ‘A Broken Childhood:
Forgiveness’, Lydia’s story
   continues when her parents finally
decide to take her back to Nigeria.
   However any hopes that life will
improve are swiftly dashed by her
   mother. Alone in a strange country,
she is determined to survive, but
   when she finally escapes her
parents clutches, Lydia will find that
   the hardest battle of all is
learning how to come to terms with the
   past.
   Gripping in its intimate narrative,
the book is unnervingly direct but
   retains a quiet, hopeful sparkle
and optimism that carries us along.
   In it, Lydia reflects on her past
but it is her ability to forgive
   that truly inspires. I’m not sure
many readers faced with the
   dev