
“The lips were crookedly fused, the nose was not breathing, one ear was practically missing.” Little Diana’s mother disliked her more than the other children
Little Diana was disliked by her mother more than the other children. The woman took out her accumulated anger on her daughter, who slept on the floor in dirty rags, did not attend school, and was not given medical care. The woman’s sister-in-law literally won Diana back, having her maternal rights revoked. When Diana got…