In My Father’s Arms: A Son’s Story of Sexual AbuseUniv of Wisconsin Press, 1999 M10 10 - 144 pages To the outside world, Walter de Milly’s father was a prominent businessman, a dignified Presbyterian, and a faithful husband; to Walter, he was an overwhelming, handsome monster. This paperback of In My Father’s Arms: A True Story of Incest adds a reflective preface by the author and a foreword by Richard B. Gartner, PhD, author of Beyond Betrayal: Taking Charge of Your Life after Boyhood Sexual Abuse. |
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... hand , the purpose of this book is to tell the truth . Yet doing so exactly would embarrass or hurt many innocent people . So I have omitted certain individuals altogether , substituted fictitious or composite characters for real ones ...
... hand , the purpose of this book is to tell the truth . Yet doing so exactly would embarrass or hurt many innocent people . So I have omitted certain individuals altogether , substituted fictitious or composite characters for real ones ...
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... hand away . He ignores me , but then he eases back on his strokes and lies down on the bunk . He pulls at his own penis . He closes his eyes . I watch him , see his lips tighten into thin lines . He lies flat , grim , as if he is ...
... hand away . He ignores me , but then he eases back on his strokes and lies down on the bunk . He pulls at his own penis . He closes his eyes . I watch him , see his lips tighten into thin lines . He lies flat , grim , as if he is ...
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... says as she cups her hand under mine . I think of God as an old man putting pieces of crab together . " Do you think God made it this way on purpose ? " I ask . " Why I'm sure he did , " she says Copyrighted Material 2.
... says as she cups her hand under mine . I think of God as an old man putting pieces of crab together . " Do you think God made it this way on purpose ? " I ask . " Why I'm sure he did , " she says Copyrighted Material 2.
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... hand in hers while they both bend over to watch the tiny crab trot sideways around the edge . " Can I take mine to Cub Scouts ? " I ask her . " No , Mommy , " says Caroline , " he'll let it go in the house and it'll die somewhere and ...
... hand in hers while they both bend over to watch the tiny crab trot sideways around the edge . " Can I take mine to Cub Scouts ? " I ask her . " No , Mommy , " says Caroline , " he'll let it go in the house and it'll die somewhere and ...
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... hand , while the other grabbed the boy's groin . side . Kenny giggled , then tried to wiggle loose . " No ! " he ... hands , thinking , disengaged from the world , cool , strategizing , analyzing . I must calm him , I thought ...
... hand , while the other grabbed the boy's groin . side . Kenny giggled , then tried to wiggle loose . " No ! " he ... hands , thinking , disengaged from the world , cool , strategizing , analyzing . I must calm him , I thought ...
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In My Father’s Arms: A Son’s Story of Sexual Abuse Walter A. de Milly,Walter de Milly No preview available - 1999 |
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References to this book
Beyond Betrayal: Taking Charge of Your Life after Boyhood Sexual Abuse Richard B. Gartner No preview available - 2010 |