A year ago I wrote about the amazing reunion I had with a woman who I’d been privileged to help find safety and protection in Australia. Carrie Bailee had escaped a paedophile/pornography ring run by her father in Canada. She described her remarkable experience here. At the time I wrote: “Her story is remarkable. Her suffering indescribable. Her resilience and love for life unmatchable”.
Now that story has become a book. Carrie’s autobiography ‘Flying on Broken Wings: A Journey of Unimaginable Betrayal, Resilience and Hope’ will be published by Affirm Press next month.
The book is described on Affirm’s website:
SOLD. She was nine years old.
Carrie Bailee fled Canada and came to Australia when she was twenty. Once here she was assisted by a number of Australian women, and was ultimately encouraged to apply for refugee status in order to stay in this country. So began her battle to be granted asylum in Australia. Carrie stood before the Refugee Review Tribunal and revealed the dark underbelly of child sexual abuse and organised crime rings in our privileged, first-world neighbourhoods.
This is the story of one young woman’s heroic journey to survive, escape and soar above her shocking childhood experiences, and her powerful struggle for freedom and a beautiful life in Australia.
‘Moving, inspirational … Unforgettable! A compelling story of hope. I urge you to read this book.’ – Sigrid Thornton
The Gatehouse Young Women’s Project in St Kilda, Melbourne, will receive 25% of the profits earned from sales of this book.
Advance orders can be made here
This video will put chills up your spine. Carrie tells her story in poem form. While her experience is distressing, her strength and resilience shines forth.
Find Carrie on Facebook at The Melbourne Freedom Project.
One Response
I am undone by the content and clarity of this poem. Carrie, thank you for sharing of your pain with the view to educate and vindicate others. You are an amazing woman and the forgiveness you speak of can only be divinely inspired. Freedom and justice will be yours, even if not in this life. May we never turn a blind eye but protect other precious souls like your own.