Ripple: Young Adult Version - Softcover

Farris, E.L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 148394087X ISBN 13: 9781483940878

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

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When high-powered attorney Helen Thompson discovers that her fifteen-year old daughter has been sexually assaulted, she takes drastic measures. Finding herself in trouble, Helen must relinquish control and put her faith in a process she knows to be flawed. As a team of lawyers, therapists and women from a safe house help Helen and Phoebe find hope and healing, a sociopath lurks, waiting for his moment to strike. A lyrical, dark fairytale that will resonate with fans of women’s literature and psychological thrillers, Ripple delves into the nature of evil, without seeking to provide final answers to the issue of what makes a human commit evil acts. And while the author takes readers to scary places, she ultimately shines a light on the human condition and celebrates the triumph of the human spirit in the face of great tribulation. Dear reader: For weeks after I released Ripple, I felt a tinge of sadness and regret because my own daughter could not read it. “Mom,” she would urge, her blue-gray eyes only partially hidden behind her girlish red eyeglasses, “can’t you make a version of it just for me?” I would laugh and smile without giving it too much thought. “Well, sure, darling. I could do that.” But she would persist.“Because I’d really like to read it now, and not have to wait until I’m—how old did you say I would have to be?” “At least fourteen, but even then,” I’d groan, “it would be dicey.” And then my youngest son asked me if I would come into his first grade class and speak to them about writing. Naturally I was overjoyed to comply, but first I had to run it past his teacher. I sent her a link to Ripple, and I could sense her cringing across the web. I followed up with a note in which I sent her a couple of funny chapters, ones that I’d read to all three of my children. “They laughed so hard they cried,” I promised. She wrote back and gave me the all-clear to come in for a visit. But all of this got me thinking. It isn’t just adults who need a book like Ripple. Little girls, young women and even young men need a book they can read if they or someone they love is struggling with difficult issues like addiction and abuse. I wish there had been a book like this when I was a little girl. It would have helped me a lot. As the mother of three and as someone who has been through many dark days myself, I want to assure the mothers and fathers who are reading this book that I think it’s appropriate for young adults, and for even super-mature ten-year-olds like my daughter. However, I would encourage you to give this altered version a read yourself, or at a minimum, be available to listen to your kids when they come to you with questions. This book is a condensed, abridged and cleaned-up version of Ripple: A Tale of Hope and Redemption. I have removed as much of the R-rated language as the story allows. However, most teenagers cuss; and in that respect and in so many others, Phoebe is like most teenagers. I also removed as much of the graphic description as possible. The fact is, my friends, many young adults and even children are treated—nay, forced to act—as adults, and so they must be spoken to as adults. While I realize that Ripple in both of its versions is intense and raw and in places hard reading, that is as it must be, because life can be intense and raw and hard. The themes underlying Ripple: Young Adult Version are serious ones, but they are topics that we as a society must stop sweeping under the rug. In order for the afflicted to heal, we must be courageous and honest about what happens to more than twenty-five percent of our children. More importantly, we must give these children and their friends coping tools and keys to healing. That is what this book offers, and I am hoping that its story of hope and healing will help the Phoebes of the world.

Biografía del autor:

Ex-lawyer E.L. Farris is a born-again, marathon-running married mother of three who resides in Northern Virginia. <---That's what it says on the back of Ripple. What else do you need to know about me? I talk a lot. I write a lot. I adore my husband. I adore my children. What else? Well, I run. I've been running since I turned 14. I started to run then and I've been running ever since. Whenever I stop running, I land in a lot of trouble. I ran through a childhood that could well be described as hell. I ran through major depressive episodes and often teetered one step from the edge of a breakdown. Through running, I held onto my sanity, my sobriety, my life and my belief in God. Each step I take, no matter how physically painful, draws me a shade closer into my better angels. And the steps have become painful over the years, which is how I earned the nickname Phoenix. Some mornings I feel like I've been run over by a bus and the truth is, I was. I survived a collision with a metro bus, and it's fair to say that the accident messed me up. And yet I keep rising from the pyre of a burning fire and as I run I realize that as long as I hold the Holy Spirit inside me, my spirit will never die. Please see me on http://elfarris.com Also visit http://www.facebook.com/RunningfromHellwithEl

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• Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 148394087X
• ISBN 13: 9781483940878
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 388