"When my parents signed me up to Trojan Swimming Club, they had no
idea of the evil behind Gibney's interest in me. As a
thirteen-year-old, who knew nothing but kindness and love, I was
ill-equipped to understand what was happening as he insidiously
dominated my thinking and isolated me from anyone who might come
between us. The process of entrapment was quick, and in full view
of my family and team-mates I became a prisoner - bullied,
manipulated and abused, unnoticed by those close to me. So complete
was Gibney's control of me that not only could I not see a way out,
it didn't even occur to me to look for one." At age thirteen, Trish
Kearney's idyllic childhood was abruptly ended when her swimming
coach - the internationally recognised George Gibney - began
abusing her. Six years later, the Seoul Olympics firmly within her
sights, she sacrificed a promising swimming career to walk free of
her abuser. In her memoir, she describes how suppressed memories of
those difficult years resurfaced after the birth of her first
child, and the momentous journey set in train when a letter arrived
from former team-mate Gary O'Toole, opening the Pandora's box on
the abuse - leading to a failed court case and Gibney's ultimate
exposure in the press as a rampant, controlling paedophile. Above
Water is a survivor's story, of coming up for air after decades of
burying trauma, and of learning to breathe again. It shines a light
into dark places just as it casts its beam outwards, signalling the
healing power of love, family and one woman's indomitable spirit.
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