The Family Secret: Distorted Images and the Long Way to Truth
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (525 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1481076876 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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When she completes high school, she returns home to help her mother, because her father is in prison. For years in Canada, and then at her aunt Lena’s in New Hampshire, Michelle continues to be haunted with the thought that her mother doesn’t like her. At sixteen years old, she finally finds out what happened, and she’s devastated. Vermont 1947 --A French-American family When six-year-old Michelle’s father tries to give her a “nice surprise,” her mother sends her away, to a boarding school in Canada. She meets him again, and they fall in love--and eventually get married.. She does not get a direct answer. “But why?” the child asks. When she visits him, she finds out that a childhood friend is also in prison
Since her retirement Connie has written two children’s books and has authored and produced four family-oriented plays for stage and one for radio. The other two are a novel, Best Friends, and a book of poems, Uphill and Downhill. Selected works by this author: Best Friends: The Opposite Journeys of Maggie & Janey Uphill and Downhill and Everywhere In-Between The Family Secret: Distorted Images and t
This is the third book published by Infinity Publishing. Selected works by this author: Best Friends: The Opposite Journeys of Maggie & Janey Uphill and Downhill and Everywhere In-Between The Family Secret: Distorted Images and the Long Way to Truth . About the Author Since her retirement Connie has written two children’s books and has authored and produced four family-oriented plays for stage and one for radio. The other two are a novel, Best Friends, and a book of poems, Uphill and Downhill
Who said childhood was fun? Murmurd Nowadays, we're led to believe that childhood should be fun, a carefree period in one's life before the difficulties of adulthood hit us. Well, the truth is that the supposed carefree years of a child's life are now so blissful. Michelle, a 6 year old, at the beginning of the novel, immediately brings us face-to-face with the reality of life then and now.Although society tries to brush aside the fact of INCEST, novels such as THE FAMILY SECRET, forces us to face the truth, the fact that many young children are subjects of parental sexual abuse. Of course, nowadays, we hear about pare. Michelle, ma belle! I couldn't put down the book once I got caught up in the life of little Michelle, the 6 year old, who reminded me of the many children I cared for at the orphanage in Montréal. Her experiences as a child were so similar to theirs, that I wanted to know how her life would turn out despite the lack of love of her father. Her search for a loving "Father-God" was also similar to the God we shared with our orphans, who knew almost nothing of their parents. Connie Lemonde's main character, Michelle, brought back many memories that were true my life experiences as an educators, and I