Daddy’s Little Earner
A heartbreaking true story of a brave little girl’s escape from violence.
Maria’s dad was a pimp, living in a world of thieves and street walkers, he forced her into prostitution at an early age. Her mother, tiring of turning tricks for her husband, walked out, leaving Maria in his chaotic, violent and sometimes cruel care. Her father was abusing her when she was just nine years old. He was getting a prostitute friend to dress her up in stockings and make-up. By the time she was fourteen he was selling her on the streets of the red light district in Norwich. Despite everything, she still loved him. At fifteen she ran away to King’s Cross with an older lover who turned out to be just another pimp. Furious at losing a nice little earner her father involved the police and both he and the other man were jailed for living off Maria’s immoral earnings.
This is Maria’s shocking story and her painful journey to escape her horrific childhood and build a new life for herself and her sons.