Description
"I couldn’t talk to
anyone about it, … no one would believe me."
Approximately one in five women has been sexually
abused as a child. For too long, survivors of child sexual abuse have lived in a suffocating
darkness of silence. Now at last we are hearing their stories.
Maxine
Hancock and Karen Mains have listened to and studied cases of hundreds of women
around the world who have been wounded by childhood abuse. Weaving together
these personal stories with current research, the authors discuss what
constitutes child sexual abuse, the physical and emotional problems that often
haunt women in their adult lives, and offer spiritual and emotional
encouragement for the journey towards healing.
With
updated statistics and resources, this book will prove to be an invaluable tool
for survivors of abuse, as well as friends, lay counselors, and others who
compassionately seek to understand and support women.
Maxine Hancock,
Ph.D.
, is Associate Professor of
Inter-Disciplinary Studies and Spiritual Theology at Regent College in
Vancouver, and speaks widely on topics of concern to women. “This book is my
gift to my sisters and those who lovingly support their journey into healing.â€
Her other books include
Creative,
Confident Children
and Living on Less
and Liking It More
.
Karen Burton Mains is a writer and conference speaker, involved in radio and
television broadcasting through The Chapel Ministries. She has authored and
coauthored over twenty books for adults and children, including
Open Heart, Open Home, and the
children’s trilogy
Tales of the Kingdom,
Tales of the Resistance and Tales of the Restoration.
