Shayla

by Regina LaFrance

Overview

SHAYLA is a calling and a movement dedicated to survivors of abuse. This semi-autobiographical novel and explosive bombshell lifts controversial veil on long-held trauma and reveals all. Inspired by real-life tragic events, SHAYLA is novelized to where only the names have been changed in this shattering account that takes on the persona of author, Regina LaFrance, as a child; when her nightmare started to unfold and escalate to unconscionable enormity. This heart-wrenching story spans to the time when young Shayla (Regina) was robbed of her youth, as she was sexually attacked by the pedophile priest from her old village. Trying to move forward in Shayla's adult life, away from her haunted past of pain, shame and suffering, this story is also about finding peace, redemption and emotional freedom. The bed of flowers on original cover make up picturesque scenery that young Regina would daydream (mentally escape) to when she was being raped by the priest as young girl-and why this imagery is a key part of the concept for her desired cover.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506914275
Publisher:	First Edition Design Publishing
Publication date:	07/01/2024
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Regina LaFrance has come a long way since leaving her native small village. A place she called home until tragedy struck. Drawing from her direct experience, her semi-autographical novel, Shayla, is a depiction of the events that happened when she was violently raped as a young girl by a pedophile priest in her village. Her tell-all book further speaks to the deep-seeded wounds and trauma that have followed into her adult life as striving to reinvent herself and find healing. Shayla is LaFrance’s sharing, and ultimate hope, for others who have been molested and suffered from abuse. Passionate in the resolve of this issue, LaFrance has made it her ongoing effort to prevent the unthinkable from happening to more innocent children. She resides in North Carolina with her husband, Dan, a retired fire lieutenant. Both are transplants from Boston where they met.