make his parents proud, but becomes ensnared in a harrowing pattern of child sexual abuse lasting nearly a decade. Struggling with confusion, anxiety, overeating, and an unhealthy view of sex, he ends up repressing the painful memories for over thirty years. Then they surface, and with them-as recorded in this gripping and sometimes graphic true account-irrepressible shame that erodes his self-esteem and his ability to connect meaningfully with others. To heal from shame's crippling effects, he uproots it, cluster by cluster, in a journey of perpetual growth.

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