Intense. Painful. Inspiring. This is a book that will rock you to your very core.
Based on the true story of the author's own traumatic childhood, "The Character" is 10-year-old Anna's daily journal through an ordeal of horrifying sexual abuse - and her redeeming friendship with the mysterious storyteller named Ash.
To read it is to bear witness to the plight of a helpless young girl, faced with unimaginable difficulties. The result is that you'll find yourself growing with her; standing by her side through her suffering, and ultimately, sharing in that remarkable transformation that is both the only hope and the only salvation of the abuse victim: transcendence.
Based on the true story of the author's own traumatic childhood, "The Character" is 10-year-old Anna's daily journal through an ordeal of horrifying sexual abuse - and her redeeming friendship with the mysterious storyteller named Ash.
To read it is to bear witness to the plight of a helpless young girl, faced with unimaginable difficulties. The result is that you'll find yourself growing with her; standing by her side through her suffering, and ultimately, sharing in that remarkable transformation that is both the only hope and the only salvation of the abuse victim: transcendence.
