Binding: Paperback
Description: Winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Memoir" An unparalleled achievement a work of shattering almost unbearable radiance. I did not stop crying throughout. For Mills. For my young self. For all of us who have lived and continue to live in that pitiless abyss of childhood abuse. To read this courageous book is to be transformed utterly by Mills's empathy resilience and grace. Mark my words: Chosen is destined to be a classic because this is a book that will save lives." Junot D az author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao At thirteen 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. 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.
Title: Chosen A Memoir Of Stolen Boyhood
Author(s): Mills Stephen
Publisher: Henry Holt And Co.
Barcode: 9781250871152
Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/4/2023
Category: Memoirs