Chosen : a memoir of stolen boyhood
Book |
First edition. |
Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company,
New York :
2022.
- 3 of 3 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsby | 362.760973 Mil | Non-fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Thorold | 362.760973 MILLS | Nonfiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Welland Main | 362.760973 Mills | Biography | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
The trauma of sexual abuse is shared by one out of every six men, yet very few have broken their silence. Unflinching and compulsively readable, CHOSEN eloquently speaks for those countless others and their families. It is a rare act of consummate courage and generosity-the indelible story of a man who faces his torment and his tormentor and, in the process, is made whole. At 13 years old, Stephen Mills is chosen for special attention by the director of his Jewish summer camp, a charismatic social worker intent on becoming his friend. Stephen, whose father died when he was four, places his trust in this authority figure, who first grooms and then molests him for two years. Stephen tells no one, but the aftershocks rip through his adult life, as intense as his denial: self-loathing, drug abuse, petty crime, and horrific nightmares, all made worse by the discovery that his abuser is moving from camp to camp, state to state, molesting other boys. Only physical and mental collapse bring Stephen to confront the truth of his boyhood and begin the painful process of recovery-as well as a decades-long crusade to stop a serial predator, find justice, and hold to account those who failed the children in their care.
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- ISBN: 9781250823212
- Physical Description: print318 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2022.