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Fallout of a Freckle Face Freak

by Nancy Dahlhauser

207 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #06-2306; ISBN 1-4251-0548-3; US$19.95, C$22.94, EUR15.55, £10.31

Fallout of a Freckle Face Freak is a memoir of survival. The author takes the readers on a journey of striving to overcome the devastating effects of child sexual abuse.

About the Book

pain, fear, humor, trauma, isolation, betrayal, rage, joy, strength, growth...

Fallout of a Freckle Face Freak is the journey of an eight-year-old girl "in the wrong place at the wrong time". From trauma through years of denial, repression, traumatic memory, coping, pretending, and living a life forever changed because of one night of insanity. Now at the age of forty-one, the author takes us through her journey in an honest, blatant, poignant, and touchingly humane memoir unlike any other. Balanced with humor, creativity, hope, and courage, this memoir connects with the reader in a unique way.

For survivors, it offers kinship, validation, and hope.

For counselors, social workers, and psychologists, it offers a unique insight and understanding to assist clients in a more meaningful way.

For all others, it offers a connection to any part of their own human experience that has included pain, sadness, self-doubt, and challenge.

It is a unique reading experience that is bound to bring both laughter and tears. Ultimately, this is a story of healing - not a "quick fix", but in a lifetime of striving to rise above long ago wounds.

Amy Harksen, M.S., LMHC

About the Author

Nancy Dahlhasuer lives with her family in Nashville, Tennessee. She is a wife, mother, and teacher. She hopes one day to hold workshops for adult survivors of child sexual abuse throughout the United States and abroad. She believes that connecting with fellow survivors will give meaning to a sexual assault she experienced at the tender age of eight.

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