Girl in the Water
A True Story of Sibling Abuse
by Nancy Kilgore
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Pub Date Apr 02 2013 | Archive Date Apr 19 2013
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Description
Girl in the Water details the most shuttering examples of sibling abuse, the untold secret in millions of homes. Each year, 19 million children are abused by their siblings and well over 80 million adults have suffered this type of abuse. With vivid imagery and heartbreaking accounts, Kilgore leads readers on a journey into the prison she was born into, where she is confronted with her childhood dreams, family bonds, coming of age in the shadow of terror, and the complex after-effects of bullying and sibling abuse that followed her into adulthood. Struggling to piece together her haunted past before it consumed her, Kilgore shares her inspiring metamorphosis and victorious battle from a fragile, shattered survivor to that of an eventual speaker and activist. Girl in the Water is the story of one woman, with a phoenix-like power, who came up against all odds and won. Her story will resonate with millions of adult sibling-abuse survivors who have never felt free to tell their stories . . . until now.
A Note From the Publisher
Nancy Fox-Kilgore, MS received her Master's Degree from the University of Oregon and B.A. and Teaching Credentials from the University of California/Sacramento. A frequent speaker and a university continuing education teacher, she specializes in PTSD and various forms of family abuse. She is a faculty member for GAPRA, the Global Alliance for Preventing Relational Aggression, and consults for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime. She wrote Every Eighteen Seconds and The Source Book for Working with Battered Women, both of which serve as national models for battered women's shelters, agencies, and university studies, and for continuing education certification for police officers, psychologists, and social workers. Visit her web site at: www.siblingbullies.com
“ Telling your story is an act of healing! ” Michele Howden | 1 reviewer made a similar statement
“ You need to read this book. ” tbone | 1 reviewer made a similar statement
“ One can only hope that her abusive sister (clearly a sociopath) will do the right thing and own up to her abuse. ” K. Dianne Schwartz
Advance Praise
Sibling abuse is a serious problem. However, it has been overlooked or excused as sibling rivalry. Nancy Fox-Kilgore has bravely told her story of being a survivor of sibling abuse. Hopefully, such a personal account will help other survivors to uncover the abuse they may have experienced from a sibling and to seek help for the effects of the abuse on their lives.
Vernon R. Wiehe, Ph.D.
(Vernon R. Wiehe, Ph.D. is the Buckhorn Professor of Child Welfare in the College of Social Work at the University of Kentucky. He is the author of numerous articles in professional journals as well as the following books: Working with Child Abuse & Neglect; Sibling Abuse: Hidden Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Trauma; Perilous Rivalry: When Siblings Become Abusive; Intimate Betrayal: Understanding and Responding to the Trauma of Acquaintance Rape; Understanding Family Violence: Treating and Preventing Partner, Child, Sibling and Elder Abuse. )
Nancy Fox-Kilgore has flung wide open a secret door that all teachers, school counselors, therapists, social workers, MDs, and others in the helping professions MUST enter. Just as Temple Grandin helped us understand autism from the inside out, Fox-Kilgore unlocks her personal diary and ushers us into the oft-silenced hell of sibling bullying and abuse. She takes the reader through under-explored caverns and crevices of sibling abuse and illustrates how penetrating a family system of denial can require the emotional energy akin to the physical ascent of Mt. Everest.
Her diary ends with invaluable statistics, facts, brain research, tips, and guidelines that inform survivors how or if to address their aggressor, ways to determine if a relationship can be healed or must be severed, and how to thrive and love oneself after sibling abuse. This book is a call to action to educate ourselves and parents about the effects of sibling abuse and its link to mental illness and family dysfunction. It's also a book about hope and encouragement, the movement toward mental health, and a message for sibling abuse survivors that they are not alone.
Jane Balvanz
co-author When Girls Hurt Girls®
co-owner A Way Through, LLC and GAPRA
Marketing Plan
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780757317415 |
| PRICE | $14.95 (USD) |
