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Don't Hurt Laurie! is a young adult novel about child abuse by Willo Davis Roberts, first published in 1977. It is the story of Laurie Kolman, an 11-year-old girl who lives with her mother Annabelle, stepfather Jack, and younger step-siblings Tim and Shelly. Laurie has been subject to repeated physical abuse at the hands of her mother throughout her life. Annabelle always explains Laurie's injuries away as the result of the girl being clumsy or stupid, and always manages to stay one step ahead of suspicious teachers or doctors by packing up the family and moving frequently, thereby making it impossible for her daughter to make close friends. Laurie doesn't tell anyone about the abuse, figuring she won't be believed because she's a kid. Her only comfort is her stepbrother Tim, who, being eight years old, isn't in a position to do much more than lend a sympathetic ear.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })After Annabelle moves the family to a duplex in the country following the hand-gashing incident, Laurie finds some solace in her friendship with the neighbor boy, George, who suffers from a degenerative bone disease, and in the companionship of a stray puppy named Amigo, but her home life only gets worse. Numerous Hope Spots emerge and are dashed just as quickly. At one point, after Laurie accidentally breaks one of her mother's best dishes, Annabelle actually threatens Laurie's life. The situation finally comes to a head when Annabelle knocks Laurie unconscious during a particularly severe beating, and Laurie runs away to her step-grandmother, Nell, and finally tells her about the abuse. Annabelle's husband takes her to counseling, and Laurie, Tim and Shelly move in with Nell temporarily, Laurie uncertain about her future but hopeful that she now has someplace to turn if her mother abuses her again.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })For another book by the same author, see Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job. | |
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Adults Are Useless: A number of adults notice Laurie's injuries but are either too naive or can't be bothered to do anything about it. Laurie's own stepfather, Jack, just regards her as an introverted oddball without giving it a second thought. Later on, he refuses to leave Annabelle even after learning that Annabelle also hit his son during her assault on Laurie. The doctors at the hospital where Laurie's hand is stitched up are suspicious, but do nothing. A bus driver and even a police officer see Laurie bruised and bleeding and also do nothing; the police officer is even convinced Laurie is a runaway and is about to return her to her mother's custody when Nell steps in to take charge of the situation. In fact, Nell is arguably the only adult in the book who isn't useless, and even she was initially oblivious to the severity of Laurie's situation although she had her suspicions. | |
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