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Beaten at Birth-bookcover

By: Glenys Maureen Kohlen

Beaten at Birth

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Precious, the oldest of ten suffered all of her life. Her biggest fear of landing in a care home had now become true. All of her belongings were thrown in the rubbish, along with all of her memories. A stroke that was not treated, due to misconduct, had left her with slight dementia. The system was prepared to pay £900 a week for a care home she didn’t want to be in. She would have been better off in prison, at least you get parole in prison. The care home had thrown away the key. Her siblings and son had tried in vain to get her out, but her oldest daughter and granddaughters were insistent that she stay there, so they could get on with their dubious business.


Hello, My name is Glenys Maureen Kohlen, born Williams.

Born in Nottingham UK. I am one of ten children, born to Beatrice May and my father, Oswald. Each one of us has our own story to tell.

I came to Germany with WRAC in 1975 and married a German guy. I have one son, who I had at the age of 41. Actually, I am a late starter in everything I do or have done.

I have never written a manuscript, although often started but never finished.

I did write poems and won a prize when I was about eight years old at school. I found that very embarrassing when I had to go and collect my few sweets at the front of the class. The teacher said she found my poem beautiful, because it was about love, and she couldn’t understand that a person so young would think about romance at an early age.

This manuscript is very important to me because it is about my sister who is in a care home against her will. The names are all changed and although the main events are true, there are some fantasy chapters to make it less morbid.

Customer Reviews
4.9
74 reviews
74 reviews
  • Petra

    Read the book couple of days ago and I was totally amazed. The book is written very sensitively and touched my heart. I wud give it 10 points out of 10 and wud recommend it.

  • Polly

    It is a very interesding book and emotional.

  • Sigrid

    Zurück in Deutschland konnte ich endlich das Ebook bekommen und bin begeistert.Ich wünschte, es würde auch auf deutsch erscheinen, da ich glaube, dass die emotionale Beschreibung der Gefühle von der Protagonistin entscheidend dazu beitragen die Problematik der Fremdbestimmung zu verstehen.

  • Issy

    Very sad Story

  • Mel

    A good read and the print is very bold, for people with poor eyesight sad.

  • Polly Davids

    Fabulous book, a real tear-jerker. Must read!

  • Amy

    This book is not written just to have written a book. It reflects the real world including real feelings about siblings' bondings; envy, competition, winner, loser, hate, love, care, destroy, rescue ... So that´s what´s going on in the world. The story of this book is about a sister who wanted to rescue her oldest sister who once did everything possible she could do to comfort her younger nine siblings and in her view got one day "prisoned" under the title protection. The author does not want to create a story with highs and deeps, she only does want to put a screaming help of an altruistic woman into letters, so the screaming for help can be heard at least after her death. The writing is pure from the bottom of her heart - you can read it in every line - with no camouflage but true feelings. The last thing you can sadly say ´Does it have to come to this it was so unnecessary!´.You can feel the anger, helplessness, disappointment, and powerless situation of Beth who tried to reach her best friend alias sister from that far distance. Well if people stop doing the possible, I guess it´s the worst as doing the best you can. Everyone will justify the things they do and the things they don´t do. That´s for sure! Nothing gets lost. If only everybody knew this.

  • Baljit Singh

    Hello everyone, i write this review because i think if someone need a opinion before read or buy this book , this is one really amazing emotional and true story and beyond that a great message that people must listen and try to act before this thing happen to you or your loved ones if someone take your memory and put you in a hole or hell its same for me i think death is better than loosing yourself, although 5 stars to this book really a great story and great writer .

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