Tag Archive | Child Abuse
Book chat: ‘Etched in Sand’ by Regina Calcaterra
Originally posted on write meg!:
Regina Calcaterra could have turned out very differently. The third of five children, Regina and her siblings were forced to scrabble a life together when Cookie — their mentally ill, alcoholic mother — went on weeks- or months-long binges, leaving her four daughters and son to fend for themselves. Little…
Promote Yourself: Steven Whitacre
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Today’s guest is the author of a book that must have been either hell or a catharsis to write. With great courage, Steven tells the story of a childhood of abuse at the hands of his father. Here’s how he introduces his work Earlier this year I released my…
“Leaving Montana” by Thomas Whaley
Originally posted on readers+writers journal:
Confronting Family Secrets on a Journey to Wholeness The story of Ben Quinn, a man with suppressed rage and a lifetime of resentment against his parents, who returns to his childhood home in Billings, Montana to confront his traumatic and chaotic childhood and the family secrets he only just learned about. …
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