Wendy's Reviews > Redemption: A Story of Sisterhood, Survival, and Finding Freedom Behind Bars

This story points out how people only see what they want to see, and often don't look past the surface. It also shows how much denial there is about sexual abuse - adults as well as the children in this book - and that abuse runs in families because that is what is accepted as a fact of life. You wonder how friends and teachers and neighbors and relatives didn't see past the presented façade, especially when they were told about the abuse. Of course, most of us know more about sexual abuse now than 20 years ago. We all need to question why a family is closed off, why children seem to be holding back.

Well written.