By Hook or by Crook: A Tale of Adventure Surviving Child Abuse

by Veronica Cherry

Overview

This true-adventure story is based on five years of the author's and her sister's childhood. Veronica, a seven-year-old worry wart, and Suzanne, her ten-year-old rambunctious sister, are cast upon kin, then into boarding school in soul-stirring lands. They are set on this stormy course by their newly-widowed father, after he marries a woman who does not want to raise the young girls. When the father's and stepmother's castaway plan fails, a series of harsh and sometimes comical confrontations ensue between the children and parents. Away in West Africa, these girls who are without allies have to contend with a gaslight routine of abuse. They cope by using their childish resourcefulness as a means of defense.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011806957
Publisher:	Gallant Books
Publication date:	10/04/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	154
File size:	172 KB

About the Author

Veronica Cherry left nursing to write full-time. Her works include a non-fiction autobiography titled By Hook or By Crook. She also wrote an article for a sports magazine and a research paper for a major pharmaceutical company. Currently, she completed writing an action/adventure historical novel titled, Aboard the Pirate: Roving the West Indies.

Editorial Reviews

A true story that reads like fiction, "By Hook or by Crook" tells a compelling, inspiring story of two children who survived the trauma of child abuse. I particularly liked the upbeat quality of the book which shows how the author and her sister triumped over the terrible conditions of their childhood. The book kept me in constant suspense, as the children went from one unhappy situation to another.

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