If i could give my inner child anything it would be a way of escaping from the trauma she went through, to tell her what i now know and how to block out the beatings and fighting,mentally!Without the inner strength i have now to block out my life out i could not survive! I also like the idea of books, i have learnt that books are a way of escaping into a dream world however as i know now when your sitting at the top of the stairs peering through the banisters waiting to hear the first punch or the smashing glass a book can not offer enough of a safe haven.