You made me this way / Shannon Molloy.
Publication details: Pymble, NSW : Fourth Estate Australia, 2023.Description: 344 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781460761861 (pbk.)
- 1460761863
- Molloy, Shannon -- Childhood and youth
- Molloy, Shannon
- Adult child sexual abuse victims -- Psychology
- Adult child sexual abuse victims
- Boys -- Crimes against
- Children -- Crimes against
- Sexual abuse victims
- Child sexual abuse -- Psychological aspects
- Male sexual abuse victims -- Psychology
- Sexually abused children
- Child sexual abuse
- Sexually abused boys
- Sexually abused boys
- Adult child abuse victims
- Australia
- Biography & Memoir (Australia)
- Child abuse (Australia)
- Sexual abuse & welfare (Australia)
- 362.76 23
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 362.76 MOL | Available | 071486 |
"A powerful personal investigation into trauma, hope and healing". -- Front cover.
"Part memoir, part investigation into the taboo topic of male child sexual abuse, You Made Me This Way is a very personal book, driven by Shannon revealing his own experience of having been sexually abused as a young child, and his grappling to understand how this has shaped him. The majority of men sexually abused as children never speak about their past and hide their shame and trauma away, forever carrying an enormous burden on their own, often with terrible consequences. Shannon interviews survivors, learning about their hard-won insights, as well as experts, researchers, and therapists, making this book a vitally important step in encouraging conversation about what we must do to better support these men and the systematic changes needed in order to better protect children in the future. Raw, honest, deeply important and inspiring in its courage, this book shines a light on this darkness in our society - and the challenge to all of us is not to look away." -- Back cover.