The Bad Room

Held Captive and Abused by My Evil Carer. A True Story of Survival.

By: Jade Kelly

Narrated by: Caro Clarke

After years of physical and mental abuse, Jade thought her kindly foster mother would be the answer to her prayers. She was wrong … this is her staggering true story.

‘This must be what prison is like,’ I thought as another hour crawled by. In fact, prison would be better … at least you knew your sentence. You could tick off the days until you got out. In the Bad Room we had no idea how long we’d serve.

After years of constant abuse, Jade thought her foster mother Linda Black would be the answer to her prayers. Loving and nurturing, she offered ten-year-old Jade a life free of fear.

But once the regular social-worker checks stopped, Linda turned and over the next six years Jade and three other girls were kept prisoner in a bedroom they called the ‘bad room’.

Shut away for 16 hours at a time, they were starved, violently beaten, forbidden from speaking or using the toilet and routinely humiliated. Jade was left feeling broken and suicidal.

This is the powerful true story of how one woman banished the ghosts of her past by taking dramatic action to protect the life of every vulnerable child in care.

Very moving story

Of course, it’s always nice to know someone has made it out of such a dark, and harrowing, life situation.

The systems truth!

So sad but wonderful to hear the positive that came out of her horrific past & trials.

Great autobiography from start to finish.

I loved the detail in the book, I coughs feel the pain of all the girls affected. I could understand why there weren't more intervention in the early days but I was happy about the epilogue, to have some closure on the healing. Great book, really enjoyed the content, but not the harm that was done to these girls.

Sad story well written

This book was sad in so many ways. I found myself invested in the story despite wanting to turn away.

Heartbreaking

Such a sad story and horrible way for any child to live. Another story that shows how social services has failed.