Read Harris

The Child Cried Alone: a Story of Hope and Recovery from Childhood Sexual Abuse Read Harris

Author Read G. Harris brings to light his story of being sexually abused as a young child by a man who should have been trusted. He shares his journey of forced betrayals, innocence lost, harsh lessons learned, and the adult burden of untreated Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. But his ultimate lessons to be shared are those of courage, hope and a determination to regain the heart of his being. In this writing the author demonstrates, through his own life experiences, that the weight of abuse does not have to be a life sentence of pain, distrust, and sorrow. Readers will experience the awakening of the abuse impact to realizing the wonderful and loving person we all deserve to be. And along his journey they will discover the rekindling of the author's most important relationship...the one of adult Read and his inner child, Beado. Through this relationship trust, love and hope fired a will to shake the bonds of abuse and to rise like the fiery phoenix of mythical times above the ashes of destruction to glow brilliantly for all to see.