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5-star reviews by Readers' Favorite, and written by a woman of distinction, this brave memoir will help anyone understand the harm of silence. Romuald Dzemo for Readers' Favorite says ""Readers understand how what happens in our childhood can determine the quality of our psychological and emotional health as we grow into more mature adults. Readers will understand the silent tears of the protagonist, encounter her in moments of frailty, and learn how coping mechanisms, which include silence, can lead to more suffering. This is a heartbreaking yet inspiring story, one that encourages abused women not to surrender to silence and allow the pain to eat them from within, but to seize the courage to face the evil by naming it and speaking about it. 

This is a story about healing from someone who, for many years, covered her pain in other passions. Rosenna Bakari brings into her writing her expertise in psychology and helps readers understand the different wrong ways they have been taught to deal with childhood sexual abuse. The narrative is insightful and emotional, driven and focused, and the book offers powerful lessons to readers."" Ruffina Oserio for Readers' Favorite says the book is ""a compelling memoir that answers the question: What does it take to heal from childhood trauma and sexual abuse? With unusual honesty, the author shares her heartbreaking story, starting with the rape by her brother. Readers encounter a woman who gives the impression that she is healthy and successful, hiding her pain behind poetry, her pursuit of education, and her martial arts. In this memoir, she demonstrates how our culture of silence leads women and those abused in childhood to experience untold suffering. This is a memoir with a powerful psychological bedrock, a book that explores the psychology of sexual hurt and the ugly place of silence in a culture that encourages people to mask their pain, no matter how gruesome it may be. The writing is confident and filled with insight. Too Much Love Is Not Enough: A Memoir of Silence of Childhood Sexual Abuse explores the effects of silence in the lives of abused women and offers a path towards reconciliation with self, building self-worth, and experiencing inner freedom. It's a very insightful and inspiring book for both victims and sympathizers.""

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Required Reading for the Human Condition

"""Required Reading for the Human Condition"" Reviewed by Indira Henard, DC Rape Crisis Center ""A book like this is a necessary read not just for sexual abuse survivors, but for everyone since people in general need to learn how to provide support and encouragement to survivors in such times of healing."" Reviewed by Gisela Dixon for Readers' Favorite ""What may fascinate the reader most is Dr. Bakari's focus on the greater damage done by continued silence than the initial invasive betrayal itself. For those victims of similar abuse, this must be a terrifying admonition. For those on the outside of such abuse, this is an enlightening and provocative consideration, making us cringe and wonder: how many such souls walk among us? Either way, the courage demonstrated within this profoundly clarifying book is astounding."" Reviewed by Joel R. Dennstedt for Readers' Favorite"

Author Information

Dr. Rosenna Bakari is motivational speaker and advocate. The newly released memoir marks her fourth book, each of which addresses women's issue. She wrote Self-Love: Developing and Maintaining Self-Esteem for the Black Woman in 1994 while she was a stay-at-home mother. Her recent books, Tree Leaves: Breaking the Fall of the Loud Silence, and Original Sin: Understanding the Movement Toward Female Agency highlight the destruction of sexual assault to the human spirit and supports the resilience of survivors, most of which are females. The memoir stands out because of the bravery it took to lean into vulnerability so that other survivors can be heard. Her voice represents millions who have not found theirs yet.

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