HE! A Child Abused

by Lance Knight

"HE" is a story that had to be told. The traumatic, raw accounts of mental, physical, and emotional abuse of a child. While the story starts with the childhood of the boy, it also continues to basically tell his life story. The lack of self-esteem and fear of failure he suffered was the after effect of his fearful treatment at an early age. The author exposes the successes, failures and disappoints that occurred in this one individual's long life. The author knew this would be read by some people who can identify with the main character. I is hoped that the readers can ultimately take encouragement for the example of this one life.

63 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 7, 2016

About the author

"There is a writer in all of us!

The influences most notable in my life, other than being a born again Christian, begin with my 7th & 8th grade English Teacher, Ms. Donnie Watts. Ms. Donnie took no prisoners when it came to the use of the English Language; we conjugated verbs, we diagrammed sentences, we had spelling bees, we had to read aloud from the classics, and were even graded on our penmanship. I was also schooled by Mrs. Haller in Latin I & II, although as a teenager I had no idea how valuable my early education would be.

When I retired in 2004 I followed the teachings of Ms. Julia Cameron in her book, "The Artist's Way". I learned to simply write down by hand, my thoughts, in a free-flow manner every morning for 12 weeks; on a morning in week 9, with my pen and 3 pages of yellow legal paper, my first story began to tell itself.

I have been good at many things: Sales, Sales Mgmt., U.S. Air Force Physiological Training Instructor, Space Suit Technician/Rescue Tech at NASA, Auto Dealership Service Advisor,

Fleet Sales Mgr, Musician/High School Band Director, Landscape worker and Supervisor ... so you can see the pattern ... I am blessed with many talents but was never happy with any career until I began to write.

I most enjoy writing fiction because it allows the 'little boy' in me to come forth and be free to let his imagination break free just as Ms. Julia Cameron taught me.

I am now happier than I have ever been before because I now have my beloved laptop, my grandchildren whom I adore, both 'my exes who live in Texas' and are friends of mine, and a fine co-author named Raymond D. Mason, author of over 60 books himself.(We co-authored the first three books of the "American Knights" series.)


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Reviews

[Lance Knight · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heart wrenching story of an innocent child whose father was himself abused by his mother. He was an alcoholic and was mean to his family when he was drinking. Sometimes beating the boy and his sister who had done nothing...just weren't perfect as the father wanted them to be.

The child could not understand why he was punished so harshly and even had to endure destructive remarks from his father. He was made to be of no esteem. The author paints a picture that when finished, breaks one's heart.

Don't know if I could read it again any time soon... hard cruelty.