Speaking Truths by Dayna Hester
Reviewed by Douglas R.
Cobb
What would it be like to be abducted as a child, to be sexually
abused for years, to be conditioned through beatings and
threats to think of your abuser as your “father,” and that your
birth...
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Speaking Truths by Dayna Hester
Reviewed by Douglas R.
Cobb
What would it be like to be abducted as a child, to be sexually
abused for years, to be conditioned through beatings and
threats to think of your abuser as your “father,” and that your
birth parents hated you and didn’t want you anymore? What
would you believe: the “truth” of your everyday existence, the
“truth” that your abductor wants you to believe, these “truths” that have defined
who you are for years; or, the actual truth that you were in reality kidnaped
away from loving parents who never stopped caring for you and loving you, and
that you’ve been brutalized by a monster in human form who has succeeded in
brainwashing you, convincing you that his lies are the truth? Speaking Truths is
a powerful, page-turning, thought-provoking book by the talented author
Dayna Hester about a teen who was abducted as a boy, was abused by his
captor, and who has been told lies for so long by his abductor that he has
trouble knowing what
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