The Obsidian Mirror: Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse [Paperback]

Louise M. Wisechild (Author), Laura Davis (Preface)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 20, 2003

Affirming and inspiring, The Obsidian Mirror explores the vivid and personal journey of an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Drawing on the power of creativity, Wisechild listens to and learns from her inner voices—the critical judge, the rebel, the scared and needy children of various ages—and uses evocative imagery to describe the emotional settings of her interior landscape. This is both a stirring testimony of one woman’s passage from fear and grief to rage and resolve and a moving portrayal of a spiritual reawakening and reclamation of self. “For survivors who want validation and hope, there is no better literary companion than The Obsidian Mirror.”—Laura Davis, co-author, The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse “In her highly creative, remarkable book, Louise Wisechild describes how ... she was gradually able to free her childhood from repression.” —Alice Miller, author of The Drama of the Gifted Child

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About the Author

Louise Wisechild is the author of two memoirs The Obsidian Mirror and The Mother I Carry. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, including The Sweet Breathing of Plants and A Woman Alone, and in publications including The Christian Science Monitor and the Seattle Times. She is currently working on a collection of travel writing. She lives in Vashon, Washington.

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Seal Press; 3rd edition (February 20, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580050859
• ISBN-13: 978-1580050852
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #908,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Obsidian Mirror was great!!!, August 26, 2009

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Amanda L. Jackson (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Obsidian Mirror: Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse (Paperback)

Great book!! Anyone with an aptitude for psychology based info should read this book!! The way this young woman overcomes sexual abuse is amazing and scary!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellant book, April 14, 2008

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MKR Dolphin (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Obsidian Mirror: Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse (Paperback)

I would recommend this book for anyone trying to heal from Childhood Sexual Abuse regardless of how far along you are.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Journey to Remember, December 22, 2004

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J. Escher "redhawk44" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Obsidian Mirror: Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse (Paperback)

The most beautifully written personal journey that I have ever had the honor of reading. Wisechild does not offer you a guide, she offers you her personal journey through hell. She explains each step of the way as it un-folded in her life.

What Raw, painful, saddness of a soul wounded and how a journey of crawling to the light brings hope. This is not a CSA guide or self-help book. This is a book written by a very brave survivor who crawled out of the obsidian well and became whole again.