Karen F. Riley

Healing in the Hurting Places is about Karen’s real life experiences of being abused as a child. How she struggled with life because of this and carried a lot of anger and pain around which affect relationships, Losing her faith, burying her feelings and also how to recognise the signs of abuse.

I have not been abused but I think Karen is or will be an inspiration to a lot of abuse victims, She suggests ways to try to overcome what has happened. The book also suggests what things you should and shouldn’t say to an abuse victim.

I praise Karen for writing this book as I know it will help so many people whether they are victims themselves or people who know victims.

Being a non-fiction book about Karen’s own life, and basically joining her in her journey was sometimes very emotional and hard to read as I do have someone very close to me who was abused as a child. This has helped me be more aware too.… (plus d'informations)

I received a copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review. This book was very insightful as Karen uses her life story as an example so the we can fully understand what victims of abuse are feeling and thinking, and the behavior patterns that are in fact warning signs that something has gone awry. I have to admit, this was a difficult read for me. Primarily because my symptoms/signs were identical to the author's. Unlike Karen, I am still struggling, but this novel has helped me understand myself a bit better and also gives me hope that someday I will have closure.… (plus d'informations)