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The Deepest Wound : How a Journey to El Salvador Led to Healing from Mother-Daughter Incest

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This incredible journey of what happens when "Mother" is the abuser and father disconnects setting a tiny soul adrift is the most powerful I've ever read. This book is a must read for: Anyone who doubts the depth of destruction that can be caused by those entrusted with the gift of a child; survivors who need to recognize emerging symptoms and understand that they can confront their pain and follow Linda's new paradigm to healing; friends and family who contemplate approaching or accompanying a survivor on their journey to healing; therapists and doctors that seek to enter the dangerouis minefield surrounding survivors; and, watchers, for whom this book may instill the courage to intercede on behalf of a child.
It takes courage to read this book. Those that do will never take a shallow view of childhood abuse again.
At the close of this book, readers will recognize the author as a remarkably courageous woman who shattered myths and created new pathways as she fought her way from Hell to healing.

The Deepest Wound: How A Journey To El Salvador Led To Healing From Mother-Daughter Incest by Linda Crockett, is a powerful and personal testimony of her own life journey that draws parallels between healing from sadistic parental abuse and recovering from political torture. An insightful journey to how the scars of terrible, repeated trauma can be accepted, and adapted, without sacrificing one's ability to pursue hopes and dreams. The Deepest Wound is profoundly candid, deeply moving and highly recommended reading.

Linda's story of survival teaches many lessons that can prove helpful for any victim of mother-daughter incest. One lesson is that men can be gentle healers as well as abusers. Another lesson is that mothers are not always gentle, nurturing or loving. Something of utmost significance is that when a mother is a sadistic sexual abuser, a daughtert that has been victimized in this manner will have severe difficulties having meaningful relationships with other women. I, like Linda also ask...Why do religious teachings command to only honor the parents? What about the children? Don't children's emotional, physical and sexual well-being and safety matter?