Book Description
An unsettling, fascinating journey into the mind and soul of a woman who fights passionately to break the chains of an abusive childhood and to overcome the effects of an incestuous attack. A book of struggle that becomes a song of liberation. "Very powerful; compelling; intensely honest. Your book will make a lot of difference for a lot of people." Ken Levinson, writer
Publisher comments
Barbara Rogers shares in her book her experience of liberating and changing her life through therapy. An unusual sequence of poems takes the reader on a journey of making the unconscious conscious; of becoming aware of the true feelings and needs of a human being, who was not allowed to have them or be aware of them; of changing a life to embrace and make come true the values that could not exist in the dark world where the writer came from. The author has given voice to the childhood pain that usually does not dare to venture outside of the therapist’s office.
About the author
Barbara Rogers was born in 1950 in Germany. She has lived in the United States for twenty years. She also spends time in Mexico. She is active as a piano teacher, chamber musician, photographer, painter and writer. Her essay about confronting her family's past and about parts of her life journey is called: "Facing a Wall of Silence". It is published in the book "Second Generation Voices", edited by Naomi and Alan Berger, published in 2001 by Syracuse University Press.
