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Why I Didn't Say Anything: The Sheldon Kennedy Story
In 1996, Sheldon Kennedy rocked the insular world of Canadian hockey by announcing that his former minor-league coach, Graham James - the Hockey News 1989 Man of the Year - had sexually abused him more than 300 times. The media portrayed Kennedy as a hero for breaking the code of silence in professional hockey and bringing James to justice. The heroic myth intensified in 1...more
Hardcover, 234 pages
Published
October 1st 2006
by Insomniac Press
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I'm glad this book exists, but I did NOT "really like" what I read. This is a plain-spoken memoir of the author's sexual victimization by his junior hockey coach, his drug addiction and the destruction of promising NHL career, and his painful stumbling into recovery.
One of the best books ever to help professionals and lay people understand the dynamics of the sexual abuse of boys! Well written, candid and honest, one of the best professional resources I've found!
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