Light in Bandaged Places is a poignant story of a child who is convinced by an older man in a position of power that sex with him is alright because he loves her. It explores the long-term wounding of such abuse and the multifaceted path of healing. Liz, a lonely girl coming of age in the 1970s, learns to exchange sex for attention and believes something is deeply wrong with her. Healing begins when an unexpected event takes her back to those formative years and she sees that what happened to her was not love but trauma. She offers her story in hope of helping others along their own paths of discovery and healing.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 312 pages
Publication date: 05 September 2023
Publisher: She Writes Press

Light in Bandaged Places is a poignant story that explores the harm caused by an older man in a position of power convincing a child that sex with him is alright because he loves her. The story follows Liz, a lonely girl coming of age in the 1970s, who believes her 8th-grade teacher is in love with her. Despite the sex not being physically violent and being wrapped in a message of love, Liz learns to exchange sex for attention. However, years later, as an adult, she feels a deep sense of emotional closeness eludes her. Even after marrying a sensitive, caring man, she remains walled off. Struggling through confusing years, she believes something is deeply wrong with her. Healing begins when an unexpected event takes Liz back to those formative years, and she sees for the first time that what happened to her was not love but trauma. As she begins to understand how her relationship with her former teacher destroyed her innocence and self-worth, she begins a spiritual and psychological journey that sets her free. Now a meditation teacher and Buddhist practitioner, Liz offers her story in hope of helping others along their own paths of discovery and healing.

Light in Bandaged Places

Light in Bandaged Places is a poignant story that explores the harm done when an older man in a position of power convinces a child that sex with him is alright because he loves her. The story follows Liz, a lonely girl coming of age in the 1970s, who believes her 8th-grade teacher is in love with her. Despite the sex not being physically violent and being wrapped in a message of love, Liz learns to exchange sex for attention. However, years later, as an adult, she feels a deep sense of emotional closeness eludes her. Even after marrying a sensitive, caring man, she remains walled off. Struggling through confusing years, she believes something is deeply wrong with her. Healing begins when an unexpected event takes Liz back to those formative years, and she sees for the first time that what happened to her was not love but trauma. As she begins to understand how her relationship with her former teacher destroyed her innocence and self-worth, she begins a spiritual and psychological journey that sets her free. Now a meditation teacher and Buddhist practitioner, Liz offers her story in hope of helping others along their own paths of discovery and healing.

Weight: 414g
Dimension: 140 x 217 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781647425357