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English Summary/英文概要： This memoir invites the reader into the heart and mind of a young Belgian girl as she shares events out of one year of her life, her voice supported by the vocabulary and understanding of the adult author. The child’s circumstances are brutal; she is being sold by a mentally ill mother into a murderous pedophile network. She desperately clings to the belief that in spite of all appearances, true love does exist, and searches for the faintest sign of it in the midst of hell. When her blind love for her mother is transferred onto a charming perpetrator, she experiences romantic passion, but is soon cast into abject betrayal and violence, ultimately leading to her certain demise. In the darkest of circumstances, a near-death experience shows her the truth underlying her phenomenal world, and she is given a glimpse of that great love for which she is so desperately seeking.
Extreme, organized child abuse is horrifying, and often impossible to contemplate. And yet, acknowledging the reality of darkness is the first step towards healing. This account offers both the raw, cold facts as well as the resilience and grace from the victim’s perspective, revealing that the darkest of nightmares is rarely just that, but commensurate with gifts of light. This ten-year old’s journey suggests that heinous suffering can unlock hidden spiritual treasures of transcendence and unconditional love.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 這本回憶錄邀請讀者走進一位年輕的比利時女孩的內心和思想，她分享了她一年中的事件，她的聲音得到了成年作者的詞彙和理解的支持。 孩子的處境很殘酷； 她被一位患有精神疾病的母親賣入一個兇殘的戀童癖網絡。 她絕望地堅信，無論表面如何，真愛確實存在，並在地獄中尋找它最微弱的跡象。 當她對母親的盲目愛轉移到一個迷人的施暴者身上時，她經歷了浪漫的激情，但很快就陷入了卑鄙的背叛和暴力，最終導致了她的死亡。 在最黑暗的情況下，一次瀕臨死亡的經歷向她展示了她現象世界背後的真相，並讓她瞥見了她如此拼命尋求的偉大愛情。
極端的、有組織的虐待兒童行為令人震驚，而且往往令人難以想像。 然而，承認黑暗的現實是治癒的第一步。 這個敘述既提供了原始、冷酷的事實，也從受害者的角度展現了堅韌和優雅，揭示了最黑暗的噩夢很少只是這樣，而是與光明的禮物相稱。 這個十歲孩子的旅程表明，令人髮指的苦難可以解開隱藏的超越和無條件的愛的精神寶藏。(Zoe)
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