
The Second Victim: Daisy's Story
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Narrated by:
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Daisy
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By:
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Daisy
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Emma Barnaby
In this Audible Original Podcast, we hear the story of Daisy - a black baby adopted into a white family in rural 1970’s England. Alienation and loss of identity dominate her childhood.
After discovering she was conceived through child rape, she begins a lifelong mission to find and prosecute her birth father using the only irrefutable evidence left. Her own DNA.
But justice isn’t just for her birth mother. She too, is a victim, and when the world around her doesn’t agree, she is forced to reckon with external and internal powers out of her control.
Content Warning: There are references to child sexual abuse, suicide and there is also strong language and racist language at times. Listener discretion is advised.
Episode 1: Born a Crime Scene
Daisy struggles with the glare of attention she receives as the only black child in her community. Then she discovers the truth behind her adoption.
Episode 2: The Missing Mother
Amid an exciting new life in London, Daisy begins to search for her birth mother, Grace. If she can just meet her, maybe Daisy will be able to make more sense of who she is in the world.
Episode 3: The Missing Father
After a difficult reunion, Grace and Daisy try to get to know each other, but it’s harder than expected. Feeling she has nothing left to lose, Daisy decides to find out once and for all who her birth father is.
Episode 4: The Watershed
The relationship between Grace and Daisy comes to a gut-wrenching halt and Daisy is confronted with some destabilising realisations about her adoption. Then a national scandal drives her on a furious mission to seek justice for her birth father’s crime.
Episode 5: Vexatious
Daisy turns detective as she tries to uncover her birth father’s identity. Armed with a mountain of new evidence, she’s confident of bringing a prosecution against him.
Episode 6: The Power of Rage
Daisy reaches breaking point. Just as she feels she’s exhausted all options, a television interview turns the tables.
Episode 7: I Am Not Your Shame
Justice is served, but Daisy’s wounds still go deep. She diverts her anger into a campaign to change the law. And she begins to address her own trauma.
Episode 8: Roots
Daisy is coming to terms with the true impact of being trans-racially adopted. Having never had a sense of her black Jamaican identity, she makes a journey to uncover her ancestry which will become one of the most transformative experiences of her life.
For further listening and reading on the topics covered in this series, Daisy recommends the following podcasts and books – all available on Audible or Amazon.
PODCASTS
DAWTA The podcast
Adoptees On
Adoptees Crossing Lines
BOOKS
You Don’t Look Adopted by Anne Heffron
You Are Your Best Thing by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown
Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir by Rebecca Carroll
Child Sexual Abuse In Black And Minoritised Communities edited by Aisha K.Gill & Hannah Begum
If you have been affected by any of the themes in the series please find below details of organisations that can help you:
www.pac-uk.org/our-services/adopted-adults
Samaritans - call 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie (or the Samaritans Welsh Language Line is 0808 164 0123)
National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK - 0800 689 5652
SANEline - If you're experiencing a mental health problem call 0300 304 7000 (4.30pm–10.30pm every day).
Other international crisis helplines can be found at www.befrienders.org
Producer: Raw TV
Now available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.
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The Second Victim begins with Daisy’s early memories of being a Black girl adopted by a White family and living in a White community in England. At a very young age, Daisy struggles with a sense of disjointedness, the paradox of being singled out and also invisible. When she begins asking questions about her birth parents, she senses another complication, one that’s under the surface of her visible differences from the White people surrounding her, but she doesn’t quite have the language for it yet.
Daisy narrates her own story in her intelligent and expressive voice. She’s joined by people who have been close to her during her search for justice, who add their voices and observations. As someone unfamiliar with podcasts, the listening experience took me a bit by surprise; the added sound effects made the experience more like a film than an audio book by encouraging my brain to visualize conversations and events. Daisy’s story is dramatic in its scope as it tracks her journey through closed doors and roadblocks to find her truth and to achieve some measure of justice and support for people who were born from rape.
Like rape itself, rape conception has long been stigmatized, underreported, and kept a secret. Unveiling the secret brings it into the light of examination, which can benefit everyone. Thank you, Daisy.
Impacts of rape conception and adoption
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Trauma in the womb and at birth
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Incredible Story!
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Wooo lawdy she needs a hobby
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Educational and eye opening
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Awesome
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Acknowledge her strength
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The Vulnerability is Refreshing
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painful
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The strength of Daisy
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