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Alice Munro’s Daughter Opens Up About Abuse in Family
Andrea Robin Skinner says her stepfather sexually abused her at age 9, but her mother stayed with him after it came to light.
In a new essay published in the Toronto Star alongside a new report about the case, Andrea Skinner says her mother knew about the sexual abuse she faced from her stepfather, Gerald Fremlin, but chose to stay with him anyway. “When I was alone with Fremlin, he made lewd jokes, exposed himself during car rides, told me about the little girls in the neighbourhood he liked, and described my mother’s sexual needs,” Skinner remembers. The abuse left Skinner “at war with myself, suffering from bulimia, insomnia and migraines,” with the “private pain” taking a toll during her college years.
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