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I dealt  with it by withdrawing even more into the fantasy world I had developed in my head. 1923 - The day my mother died, I went to bed with a knife, and he never bothered me again... Learned from her relative... Born 1965 8 years old - I remember my Pop as a quiet man, withdrawn even, and the smell of the smoke from his pipe clung to him like a second skin. He would sit with the radio held up against his ear listening to the horse and dog races for hours. When I think of my Pop, I automatically think of the bathroom  in his house in Perth...My brother and I would be at the house to visit our grandparents, but I don't know where my Nana or mother would be...My brother and I would be taken into that bathroom, and that was where the main abuse occurred. Sometimes we would be put in a few inches of water, and I clearly remember sitting in the water with it getting cold and getting goose bumps whilst my brother was being sexually abused. Sometimes I would get out o...

In the spring of that year a young slave girl, 15 years old, named Amanda ran away from a big plantation near Charlotte North Carolina. The plantation was the Kane plantation. They didn't grow cotton, born, or wheat. What they grew were slaves... Since importing slaves had been outlawed, the country sought to grow its own. On the Kane plantation, they grew only enough food stuffs to feed the slaves and the Kanes. A work force was necessary, so they had to have an overseer, his name was Elmer Spivey... Elmer had also fathered at least 15 more children from slave women, and made sure they were quickly sold. There was one slave woman who wouldn't have him. A big, jet black slave, named Bessie... She was a pure blood Zulu from the coast of Africa... Bessie was the favorite of the plantation owner, one Thaddeus Matthew Kane...Thad Kane was Amanda's father. Bessie was her mother, the only slave woman Thad had ever had. A pure blood Mandingo who came to America...by the...

Serotonin-3D-vdW (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Original caption states, "Dem. Rep. Congo: Meeting for Rape Victims Rape victims who have been successfully reintegrated into their communities assemble in a "peace hut" near Walungu, South Kivu in DRC. USAID-supported health programs have assisted rape victims with counseling, training, employment, and safe living environments." (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) I Got Major Depressive Disorder (Photo credit: Jean Big Cat ) Against Her Will   I just discovered this draft...It was meant to be a followup to a review of this book which ran last October. That's about the time I started having major problems with my computer. No matter what trauma we face, there are some basic changes that result to a greater or lesser extend to those who are ultimately diagnosed with Clinical Depression. I thought this book helped show the trauma, if any of you are in...

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Pseudonym--a name that someone (such as a writer) uses instead of his or her real name. Full  Definition  of  PSEUDONYM . : a fictitious name; especially : pen name. I really don't mind when a writer chooses to use a pen name, especially for fiction--I've used one myself.  When I saw this book on the wall at my Reviewers Roundup group, I immediately went out to download the offered free copy [As an aside, if you're looking for one place where you can go and daily check out what's happening with books, do come to check us out!] It's a fairly short book and so I read it quickly. It was important to me because I am now taking medication for back pain which started sometime during the winter and continued to increase until I was having spasms... I have another exam with a specialist this week... Nothing that I could see or pinpoint was wrong, but there didn't seem to be any medical terms or backup information on what was being said. In fact, I noticed...