One Child

by Torey L. Hayden | Nonfiction |
ISBN: 0007199058 Global Overview for this book
Registered by caroline-m of Sidcup, Greater London United Kingdom on 12/6/2018
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Journal Entry 1 by caroline-m from Sidcup, Greater London United Kingdom on Thursday, December 6, 2018
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This beautiful and deeply moving tale recounts educational psychologist Torey Hayden's battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled and sexually abused child who, with the help of Hayden, was finally able to overcome her dark past and realise her full potential.

Six-year-old Sheila was abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was four. A survivor of horrific abuse, she never spoke, never cried, and was placed in a class for severely retarded children after committing an atrocious act of violence against another child. Everyone thought Sheila was beyond salvation – except her teacher, Torey Hayden. With patience, skill, and abiding love, she fought long and hard to release a haunted little girl from her secret nightmare – and nurture the spark of genius she recognised trapped within Sheila's silence. This is the remarkable story of their journey together – an odyssey of hope, courage, and inspiring devotion that opened the heart and mind of one lost child to a new world of discovery and joy.

Journal Entry 2 by caroline-m at Sidcup, Greater London United Kingdom on Thursday, December 6, 2018
I normally avoid the genre of 'misery memoir' like the plague as they always come across as exploitative but this book is really different - it focuses on a special education teacher who tries to connect with a girl who has suffered severe emotional trauma and the way their relationship develops is really touching while at the same time recognising that there are no simple answers for children in situations like these.

Journal Entry 3 by caroline-m at Sidcup Station in Sidcup, Greater London United Kingdom on Thursday, December 6, 2018

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