Describe your latest book/project/work. I've been studying the life and work of photographer W. Eugene Smith for 13 years. My first book (Dream...
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I am not sure that I read the "3rd" edition, but I will tell you that I bought and read this book my last part of college, thinking that it would make me "feel comforted" about my experience as a sexual abuse victim. I was abused for years by a step-parent. It started to really impact my life when I started having relationships of my own. I bought "The Courage to Heal" looking for somewhere to start for healing. All it did was make me feel more... nauseaus. I don't need to hear other victims stories, especially not those in this book. I was looking for comfort and affirmation that I was O.K. and that I was strong. Not guilt over the fact that I was never actually vaginally raped by him. It made me feel, especially with the stories at the back, that I had nothing to complain about.
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chrishughes11, December 3, 2006
I am not sure that I read the "3rd" edition, but I will tell you that I bought and read this book my last part of college, thinking that it would make me "feel comforted" about my experience as a sexual abuse victim. I was abused for years by a step-parent. It started to really impact my life when I started having relationships of my own. I bought "The Courage to Heal" looking for somewhere to start for healing. All it did was make me feel more... nauseaus. I don't need to hear other victims stories, especially not those in this book. I was looking for comfort and affirmation that I was O.K. and that I was strong. Not guilt over the fact that I was never actually vaginally raped by him. It made me feel, especially with the stories at the back, that I had nothing to complain about.(1 of 9 readers found this comment helpful)