One Child
Finally, a beginning...The time had finally come. The time I had been waiting for through all these long months that I knew sooner or later had to occur. Now it was here.She had surprised me so much by actually crying that for a moment I did nothing but look at her. Then I gathered her into my...
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Finally, a beginning...The time had finally come. The time I had been waiting for through all these long months that I knew sooner or later had to occur. Now it was here.She had surprised me so much by actually crying that for a moment I did nothing but look at her. Then I gathered her into my arms, hugging her tightly. She clutched onto my shirt so that I could feel the dull pain of her fingers digging into my skin. She cried and cried and cried. I held her and rocked the chair back and on its rear legs, feeling my arms and chest get damp from the tears and her hot breath and the smallness of the room.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780380542628 (0380542625)
ASIN: 380542625
Publish date: July 30th 2002
Publisher: Avon
Pages no: 221
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Education,
Asian Literature,
Sociology,
Biography Memoir,
Psychology,
Indonesian Literature,
True Story,
Abuse
Victoria Lynn Hayden, known as Torey L. Hayden (born May 21, 1951 in Livingston, Montana) is a child psychologist, special education teacher, university lecturer and writer of non-fiction books based on her real-life experiences with teaching and counselling children with special needs.Subjects cove...
This is the fourth book I've read by Torey Hayden, and I think it may just be my favourite. Not that it left me any less heartsore than usual, mind you :-S But at least the end was more uplifting than some. Sheila is a darling and I was pleased to see that it seemed as if her father was starting to ...
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