What Happened to Suzy by Carol Denise Mitchell

When she started to school, most of her hair was gone and there were scabs and sores everywhere. The physical abuse Suzy endured resulted in much evidence.

What happened in that room can only be read to begin to understand-and none of the children knew to call it what it really was¾child abuse. Once each child reached an age of being able to handle household responsibilities, that individual was forced into “hard labor.” Her oldest son, however, was the love of her life and was given the responsibility to care for the other children and supported him when he ordered all the younger children to the boys’ room. She presented a Jekyll/Hyde personality-and only her children saw Mr. At the same time, it is clear that she was psychologically unable to deal with the pressures placed upon her.

With a father who was abusive and absent except coming home occasionally to create another baby, Suzy’s mother in many ways was a strong woman who kept her family from the ghetto, worked long and hard to provide a decent place to live and was devastated her entire life because one of her husbands had stolen two of her children. She and her siblings were physically, mentally, and emotionally abused their entire young lives. But Mamus died when Carol was just 10 years old and Mamus had earlier only helped the children on the weekends. It was only from her grandmother, Mamus that Carol was able to find love and learn about God. Carol was one of sixteen children, but for some unknown reason, it was very clear that her mother’s animosity and anger against Suzy was beyond any for her other children. Her mother started calling her Suzy and many worse names when she was very small. For the majority of this book, you will not be able to believe it is true-in fact many will pray that it is not! Fiction, based upon a true story, it is published as fiction only because names, places and dates had to be changed to protect those involved. In many ways, it is! The mystery is how Suzy is alive today! What Happened to Suzy is one of the most amazing books I’ve had the honor to read. When I first heard the title, What Happened to Suzy, by Carol Denise Mitchell, I immediately thought it was a mystery.

What Happened to Suzy by Carol Denise Mitchell