6/29/2023 0 Comments Billy's Bones by Jamie Fessenden![]() ![]() For me, it was cathartic to cry for another little boy, also for the little boy left behind and the man he has, and is trying to, become. I am sure some survivors could read Kevin’s horrifying story and spiral down into a deep place. ![]() I don’t want to give Billy’s Bones any more therapeutic credit than it deserves, it is a novel, not a self-help book. Fessenden loosened the reigns I have tightly held on the memories of some of my more painful experiences, he made me feel even more empathy for Kevin than for myself. I made the choice to commit to reading and reviewing it anyway. I saw the disclaimers about it maybe bringing up painful memories of childhood sexual abuse, of which I am a survivor. Learning to be a survivor, not a victim, gives new meaning to life” ― Lynette Gouldīilly’s Bones was the first book by Jamie Fessenden I had read. “Coming to terms with incest is not easy. ![]()
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