Best of Family & Relationships
Best of Family & Relationships
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Readers' Favorite Finalist in YA - Social Issues
Military Writers Society of America (MWSA) Silver Medal
Pencraft Awards - 2nd Place
“… a discerning, empathetic look at intergenerational child abuse, aimed at waking up readers from all walks of life.” –IndieReader
“… a riveting fictional story exploring the dark subject of child incestuous abuse that plagues families at all levels of society.” –Authors Reading
In public, Jim Handler is a well-respected, small-town hero, and homicide detective who solved the case of the Will’s Creek Massacre. But at home, in the shadows, Jim’s childhood demons come alive to feast upon his family in the form of sexual, physical, and mental abuse.
But his three teenage children have had enough. They have devised a plan for redemption.
Empowered by the legal system’s lack of accountability, a judge who offers a quiet and meager plea deal to save face, Jim feels enabled to do whatever he wants to his family. With no one to keep Jim in check, this cycle of sexual and physical abuse is rampant. It is up to Nikki, Tyler, and Ally to end the evil that is devouring the Handler family.
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At Daddy's Hands: Courage Knows No Age by Jacob Paul Patchen is a hard-to-read, dark, and yet captivating read. The topic itself is difficult and emotional. The characters are very realistic, scarily realistic at times. I can say that I was immersed in the lives of the two daughters and was rooting for them to escape the horror they had to endure at such young age. Overall, this book is not for weak people to read, you need a strong psyche... But I'm rating it 5 out of 5 stars. I hope even though it's fiction, it will give awareness that even in this century these things still happen. And we can prevent them.
