Local Atlanta Writers Club Member Lori Choman book signing at North Point Books For Less

When: November 16th, 2013 5:00 - 6:30
Where: Books For Less, North Point
What:  Presenting/Signing/Discussing  "Shattered: A Child's Journey Through Hell" 
Attendees will have the chance to win a Phoenix themed tote bag.
 
The first in a three part series, Shattered is the true story of an abused child. While many books on the subject are told through an adults eyes, Shattered is told through a child's eyes in a child's voice. If there is one thing that we learn as parents, it is that all children cry when they are hurt, scared, upset or just angry. Most of those children make noise when they cry. We hear it at home, at stores, in parks, and anywhere children are gathered. Sometimes they are so loud that it stops everyone in their tracks because it sounds like someone is beating them, but if you look, they are just throwing a temper tantrum. But there are other children if you watch them during these times, you might see them sob but makes no noise. Those are the children that could need your attention more than the rest. The majority of abused children learn to cry without making noise because they know if they make a sound the abuse only gets worse. People who have never been abused have no understanding of this and look at the child as if something is wrong with them. There is something wrong with them; they are hiding a horrible secret. They are living a nightmare that they think is normal, they don't understand that it's not normal to be silent when you are crying or when you are hurt or when you are hit. The little ones believe that all parents hit their children, they do not not know any better.