Garbage Bag Suitcase by Shenandoah Chefalo

Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir by Shenandoah Chefalo Stars: **** Mission Point Press (2016) 194 pages Autobiography/Family/Relationships/Abuse/Memoir Disclosure: This book was received for review purposes. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: Garbage Bag Suitcase is the true story of Shenandoah Chefalo’s wholly dysfunctional journey through a childhood with neglectful, drug-and alcohol addicted parents. She endured… Read More »

A Child Called “It” by Dave Pelzer

A Child Called It: One Child’s Courage to Survive by Dave Peltzer Health Communications, Inc. Self-Help/Psychology/Inspiration 184 pages This post contains affiliate links. This is one of the hardest books I’ve ever read. Dave underwent abuse like I’ve never seen or heard of anywhere else. Apparently it was one of the most severe child abuse… Read More »

Orphan: A True Story of Abandonment, Abuse and Redemption by Roger Dean Kiser

Stars: ***** I must have said “Oh my Goodness” or it’s equivalent at least 10 times throughout this book. Once I started reading it I couldn’t put it down and read it straight through without stopping for any reason. It took me one hour. This is a horrifying book. It appalles me that anything like… Read More »