Gem, Himself, Alone
Gem, Himself, Alone
Coming Soon!
Genres: Young Adult
Store links: Amazon, Audible
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Gem had a special gift.
About Gem, Himself, Alone
Alone on the street, Gem joins up with the Rippers gang to escape his old life, burying his past the best he can.
Riker, a vice cop, makes it his business to put Gem behind bars, but he can’t break the alibis Gem has for crimes Riker knows he has committed.
Gem has a special gift for unbreakable alibis.
Riker delves into Gem’s past in a bid to discover his secrets. Can he sort through the tangled threads to lay Gem’s past bare? And if he does, will he be able to put Gem behind bars and see that he is punished for all he has done?
Or can Gem keep his secrets from coming to light and make a new life for himself, one where he is free and able to make his own choices?
Coming Soon
+ Author's Note
Author’s notes may include spoilers
I am not publishing a lot of YA right now, but this one has been waiting for a while. Before I started publishing, I wasn’t very disciplined about my writing, and this is one book that sat unfinished for a long time. Only two out of the three parts were completed, and I left it, knowing that it needed something more, but not sure what it was. Two years ago, I pulled it back out and wrote part three. It still needed some rewriting, but was finally on its way.
Like my other YA books, this is a gritty novel that deals with some serious topics, including mental illness, gang violence, and the child sex trade. It is poignant and suspenseful, with some unexpected twists and turns!
+ Book Club Resources
Sexual Abuse of Boys
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Mental Illness Pinterest Board
Domestic Abuse Pinterest Board
YA fiction about sexual abuse
+ Praise for P.D. Workman
“Every single one of [P.D. Workman’s] books has spoken to me in ways no one or almost anything else has. And I have found strength in the books I’ve read.”
“The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book.”
“This is one author I certainly will be looking out for, I can’t recommend her enough.”
“I’ll read anything by P. D. Workman that I can get my hands on.”
+ Gem, Himself, Alone on my Blog
What’s on the drawing board?
Gem, Himself, Alone
Randy’s Review of His Hands were Quiet
Upcoming in 2019
A cornucopia of books
Launch of He was Walking Alone and other new releases
The International Day of the Stim
August new release round-up
Starting with Autism Awareness
Freebies round-up! Gluten-Free Murder and more
$0.99 Books for Christmas!
Reading List: Young Adult Fiction about Mental/ Psychological Abuse
What do you do when you’re not writing?
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About P. D. Workman
P.D. (Pamela) Workman writes riveting mystery/suspense and young adult books dealing with mental illness, addiction, abuse, and other real-life issues. For as long as she can remember, the blank page has held an incredible allure and from a very young age she was trying to write her own books.
Workman wrote her first complete novel at the age of twelve and continued to write as a hobby for many years. She started publishing in 2015. She has won several literary awards from Library Services for Youth in Custody for her young adult fiction. She currently has over 40 published titles and can be found at pdworkman.com.
Born and raised in Alberta, Workman has been married for over 25 years and has one son.
