The Eldest Child: The lonely life of daddy's girl - Penelope Vaughan

Things are rarely as they may seem. By merely scratching at the surface large cracks start to appear in many people's well-constructed public personas. Addiction knows no boundaries, it can lay dormant in the recesses of our DNA for a generation or even two, but when it re-emerges it is merciless.

To the outside world this family appeared to have everything. A country estate, privilege, good looks and talent in spades.

The children's' careers were mapped out for them from an early age, but something sinister was rearing its ugly head that would eat away at their idyllic lives, replacing joy with untold misery and pain. A tsunami of sadness swept away their dreams in a tidal wave that would devastate the entire family, but the impact on The Eldest Child would prove to be the greatest tragedy of all.