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S.A.Battaglia reviews No Working Title - a life in progress

2 May 2018 · 1 min

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This content was created by Dr. John A. King. This content was uploaded by Dr. John A. King. This is a YouTube video titled "S.A.Battaglia reviews No Working Title - a life in progress" (posted May 2, 2018). It features a single speaker (S.A. Battaglia) providing a spoken review/reflection on Dr. John A. King’s book No Working Title: A Life in Progress during Sexual Abuse Awareness Month. The speaker shares personal and vicarious experiences of sexual abuse, quotes King’s poem "Childhood," and offers a message of hope and solidarity to survivors.

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For Sexual Abuse Awareness Month, I got a chance to read Dr. John A. King's book, No Working Title: A Life in Progress. I was deeply moved by his story. It reminded me of my own. I was abused. I have friends and family who were abused. I think of their stories and all the ones living that nightmare right now. In his poem Childhood, Dr. John A. King says, Childhood violently shattered, Shards of innocence scattered, ripples on a pond, never to return. As accurate as that is, know that there's hope in, through, and on the other side of abuse. There's purpose for the broken pieces. They can be put to good use. To those who are still in it, to those who are struggling because of it, as isolating as it might feel, hear me when I say you're not alone. Because you're not alone.