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Leia Hughey courageously peels through layers of vulnerabilities and doubts to bare herself to her listeners. A victim of rape as a child, the author experienced its psychological effects...low self-esteem and self-hatred throughout her life, even though all recollection of the stress was repressed from her conscious storage area. It wasn't until she was at college that the memory began to slowly but surely and heartbreakingly work their way to the surface through dreams and flashbacks. When the reality finally surfaced, treating for her intended finding out who could have done such a hideous thing to a young child. Weaving in powerful excerpts from her journal entries and including insightful efforts from both therapists who have been the most beneficial to her, Hughey skillfully chronicles her voyage from hopelessness to pleasure. She demonstrates the psychological pain of years as a child sexual abuse, though very real and entrenched within one's psyche, can be get over and this psychotherapy can be considered a successful tool in that process, even for an individual as resistant as this author was at times. In listening to her story, you'll harmed for the little lady whose innocence and years as a child were forever lost, but you will rejoice in the restored, complete adult who persevered against seemingly insurmountable hurdles and found recovery, inner peacefulness, and forgiveness. Above all, this is a tale of courage and personal triumph.
