Call Me Cockroach
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (747 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1492880639 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 332 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From the Author It's common knowledge that severe child abuse has the potential to create deeply disturbed, if not dangerous, adults. But make no mistake, we are damaged goods, living anonymously among you, struggling daily to conceal our pasts and fit in, often by turning our anger and pain inward, thereby abusing only ourselves. Call Me Cockroach is my attempt, as an abuse survivor, to make people more aware of the devastating ways in which trauma inflicted during our children's formative years can manifest itself in their adult lives. . However, the truth is, most grown victims never perpetuate the cycle of abuse, commit a crime, or seek the help of mental health professionals
Our prisons, mental hospitals, and streets are filled with tragic stories like Tuesday Storm's. To everyone else, it's an honest glimpse into the tormented mind and troubled heart of a damaged woman determined to overcome the debilitating aftermath of a horrific childhood. . She was isolated from the rest of her family, locked in an attic with nothing but a bare bed and a bucket for a toilet, and fed just enough to keep her alive. For those of you who've read Byrne's compelling debut book, the bestseller, Call Me Tuesday, this memoir unveils what became of the gutsy little girl who spent her early years at the mercy of a mentally ill, sadistic mother. Her childhood was riddled with torturous "games" and violent physical attacks. That's what the experts say. They say she'll never trust again after being betrayed by the people she loved most, or silence the voices inside her head telling her she's worthless and unloved. The experts say it's next to impossible to find the soul's light in a dark past like Tuesday's. And the thing about experts is--they're usually right. Call Me Cockroach is a chilling reminder of the unfortunate truth that no one survives the devastation of severe childhood trauma unscathed. She's doomed to suffer a lifetime of dep
"A follow-up story after her 1st book" according to Synzeeza. This story completes the life-story of Tuesday. It was an eye-opening story about how an individual deals with abuse. Abuse of any kind leaves a scar. This story ended well but not all stories do. It is a story of hope for those of us who have been abused in some fashion. Love is the healer!!. very good Maya The book is so easy to read, very well written.The story is heartbreaking, about a nice little girl abused by her mother,she grows up into a wonderful human being.There also is amazing inside into the intimate relationships,everybody should read it, life is a lesson and we all need to learn.highly recommended.. "Loving Tuesday" according to Cynthia Salas. I loved that the author gave us insight on her later years and told us the story about how Tuesday decided to take over her life.
Leigh Byrne is an American author whose books include two bestselling memoirs, the brutal Call Me Tuesday, in which she reveals her experiences as a victim of extreme child abuse, and Call Me Cockroach, detailing the bizarre ways her childhood trauma crippled her young adult life and her daily struggles to overcome these challenges. Leigh is curre