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Based on a 12-year study with 60 survivors of child sexual abuse, Catherine Cameron sets out to understand their early trauma and its impact over subsequent years and to monitor their progress toward recovery. The difficult but rewarding process of their recovery unfolded over time, along with increasing societal awareness of the problem. In 1998 a final survey provided the epilogue for their story. Cameron grounds their personal stories by citing parallels to the larger field of national and international trauma. The result is a compelling and deeply human story of trauma and triumph.
Epilogue: Gaining Closure
Epilogue: Gaining Closure
Seeing your manuscript means that our stories are out. Alone, there was no connection, no place to go with them. But now I see my life, intermingled with others', written down on these pages. Someone in authority really cared and took the time to listen. This book became a voice for me.
An underlying theme of this book has been clarification of trauma survivors' experience over time. A group of determined women has shared with us their personal experience of childhood sexual abuse and the ways in which that played itself out in their lives. They have helped us to understand how abused children feel, why early betrayal is so devastating, and how it can affect every aspect of adult ...
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