"Without Permission" by Sharon R. Wells

The fury over the child sex-abuse allegations that rocked the Penn State campus here in Philadelphia is starting to fade away.  Well, maybe not fade away as much as I've just decided to shift my attention to the victims of this crime.  I keep wondering what life is going to be like for the victims.  I wonder how long their recovery process is going to take.  How much of their personalities have changed and what will they become as they move into adulthood?

One of the things that I know for a fact is that once a child is touched, who they are has been forever altered and what was lost can't be recovered.  One of the problems that I see is that shame keeps the child from telling anyone what has happened to them.  But one of the things that most people don't know is that sex abuse changes who the child would have been; but since no one knows who the child would have become they think that whoever the child is at the moment is normal...whether that child becomes promiscuous, addicted to drugs and alcohol or is just plain dysfunctional.  And lets not go into the trust issues.

Author Sharon R. Wells takes you into her world of recovery and redemption.  She describes her abuse which started at the age of eight and takes you into her life as it spiraled out of control.  Her book is a must read for anyone that has been abused and doesn't quite know how to negotiate the waters to healing.




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www.angelwingspublications.com