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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN num: 9780981513904
ISBN number: 0981513905
Label: Winding Road Books
Manufacturer: Winding Road Books
Page Count: 272
Printing Date: March 20, 2008
Publishing house: Winding Road Books
Release Date: March 20, 2008
Sale Popularity Level: 201129
Studio: Winding Road Books
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The true story of a woman who, in her mid-thirties, realizes that she is unable to enjoy life despite having achieved her every definition of success. Unsure of the cause of this new and overwhelming unhappiness, she blames everything from her husband to her workaholic ways. On the brink of a failed marriage, discovering deep self-hatred and overwhelming stress, she turns to therapy and writing to understand. Her account takes readers through her denial, confusion, anger, depression, and finally to clarity around her unwillingness to deal with the after-effects of childhood trauma. She realizes that her past is more than just something she wants to deny, and she begins to understand how it has shaped her whole life... her choices, behavior, thinking and feelings. After thirty years of silence, she finds the courage to tackle a lifelong question that she would never before even consider: What if I tell?
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I have to tell all of you very first off that I am not a reader. It takes me a lot to sit down and discipline myself to read a full book. But the story of this woman's life was so interesting and compelling that I literally flew through this book in a matter of hours. If you have ever been a person who has or who knows someone who has experienced child sexual abuse, this book is very important to the road to self-healing. Even if you are someone who battles inner demons, you will be doing yourself a huge favor by reading this book. It pertains to so many of us whether we realize it or not. I have to applaud this woman in her strength and her courage not only for herself. But to tell her story to the world in order to help others. This book is about bravery and raw emotion of the human spirit. To the author- thank you for sharing your story and bringing a greater awareness of it to society's forefront.
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The memoir from Gina McCabe is certainly moving and powerful. I say that as a survivor myself. However, while it can be beneficial to share our stories I think such sharing needs to have a good powerful ending, some great hope to show to those less along the path to recovery than we are. That is what is lacking in this book. It simply ends and we know that she is still in need of medication, still not fully functioning in her marriage, and still dealing with telling her friends and family. Perhaps writing this book is part of her recovery but for others I think waiting a few more years before sharing it would have been more helpful. Survivors don't just to see that others have suffered and are surviving but that others are thriving. I didn't get the impression by the end of McCabe's story. Give therapy and recovery a few more years at least and then you can start to thrive, you can, I did and I do.
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By writing this memoir detailing her own experiences, author Gina McCabe has taken a huge step forward in breaking the silence that all-too-often surrounds childhood sexual abuse. Even when McCabe herself finally admitted her history of sexual abuse to a therapist when she was in her 30s, she remained somewhat in denial, blaming the many problems in her life--insomnia, extreme anxiety, and more--on her marriage rather than on the abuse. As the book continues, however, McCabe offers an extremely candid portrait of her gradual realization that the abuse did in fact have a long-term, traumatic impact, and she slowly begins making her way through the painful process of healing.
This book is written honestly if not always expertly (I did notice quite a few punctuation errors). McCabe allows the reader to truly understand how devasting the effects of childhood sexual abuse can be; readers with their on abuse histories are likely to feel a strong sense of kinship. I would definitely recommend this book as a glimpse into the perspective of a sexual abuse victim, and my overall rating is 4 1/2 stars.
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Your sub-head could be: brave, eloquent, compelling-- I'm proud to be your friend and colleague. Keep up the writing Gina!
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What if I Tell is an unflinching look at child abuse and its effects and consequences. Sexual abuse plagues societies around the world but seems to always stay a level below people's radar, allowing it to continue to flourish and inflict pain on innocent victims. For such a pervasive and devastating problem, it is so rarely acknowledged, recognized, or understood.
McCabe provides a first-hand account in a style of writing that speaks to both adults and children alike, allowing her deeply personal and piercing account to be accessible to everyone who suffers from (or knows someone who suffers from) this particularly egregious form of abuse. Her clarity is refreshing, as is her honesty. McCabe holds no bars, pulls no punches, and shows every aspect of the prism of child sexual abuse and how it renders its victims.
McCabe breaks taboos in a revolutionary way in her memoir that shows, in a bright and profound light, the courage and virility of victims of abuse and their ability to transform themselves from victims to survivors with resoundingly courageous voices. McCabe blazes a trail, with candor and eloquence, for other victims who have been silenced and need a light to show them along the path to speaking out and enacting change.
A must-read not only for victims and those around them, but for all.
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