Reactions to Reconstructing Sara

I have had a few comments not public about the book that have struck a cord with me as have a few comments on web book seller sites. They are helping me heal.

A woman who volunteers with an organization who helps sex trafficked victims read "Reconstructing Sara" and said she could recognize the symptoms I had in some of the victims she had seen come through there. She said she had read the book in places several times because it was hard to follow but she recognized my trauma. She told me that while she felt the book was difficult, it impacted her deeply and that she had a deeper understanding of sexual abuse/assault trauma that is severe. She also said she recognized head trauma symptoms in some of my passages but did not explai what they were.

I am sharing this reaction because I think it is important for people reading my book to realize that it really is my testimony. I never wrote it to be a "book" per se. I felt silenced and manipulated and discounted by authorities and I wanted my voice heard. I hope people do go back and read passages that may confuse them. I hope given time people understand the depth of trauma and the betrayal of the justice system. While I am functional in many aspects of my life, everything associated to Ted and what happened back then is very fragmented. But I am healing. Publishing this book has helped that process.
-Sara