Speaking Truths by Dayna Hester

Speaking Truths by Dayna Hester Reviewed by Douglas R. Cobb What would it be like to be abducted as a child, to be sexually abused for years, to be conditioned through beatings and threats to think of your abuser as your “father,” and that your birth... More

Speaking Truths by Dayna Hester Reviewed by Douglas R. Cobb What would it be like to be abducted as a child, to be sexually abused for years, to be conditioned through beatings and threats to think of your abuser as your “father,” and that your birth parents hated you and didn’t want you anymore? What would you believe: the “truth” of your everyday existence, the “truth” that your abductor wants you to believe, these “truths” that have defined who you are for years; or, the actual truth that you were in reality kidnaped away from loving parents who never stopped caring for you and loving you, and that you’ve been brutalized by a monster in human form who has succeeded in brainwashing you, convincing you that his lies are the truth? Speaking Truths is a powerful, page-turning, thought-provoking book by the talented author Dayna Hester about a teen who was abducted as a boy, was abused by his captor, and who has been told lies for so long by his abductor that he has trouble knowing what Less