Nightmares Echo ANNOTATION
Katlyn Stewart does volunteer work in the area of domestic abuse and is also taking courses for counseling in child abuse.
FROM THE CRITICS
Trina - author, Maryland
Nightmares Echo is the heart wrenching account of an abused childﾽs experiences from puberty into adulthood. Children who are abused often find ways to retreat within themselves from the pain. Once they are no longer in the abused situation they believe life can return to normalcy and that happiness will come. This is a misconception though, because abuse takes on many forms and these kids are mostly lambs to the slaughter when it comes to dealing with complications in their lives. Through the eyes of the young child in this book the reader understands the true terror and disillusionment that scars an innocent soul when those whom they trust hurt, terrorize and seek to maintain the illusion of a normal family. This child took on the guilt for every misfortune that befell her and little by little she came to believe that she was undeserving of a good life. Only with the love and care of someone whom withstood the test of time does she find her way for a chance of true happiness and is acquainted with the courage that she possesses. This book is revealing in that it gives a true picture of the long lasting and devastating effects of abuse that follow these kids into adulthood. Adults are after all grown up forms of the child that dwells within.
Deb Jones - Roundtable Reviews
NIGHTMARES ECHO is a moving book about a nearly unthinkable subject. Ms. Stewart has done well to explain the events of her life without excess emotionalism or sensationalism. Instead, the book is a glimpse at the events of her childhood and how those events helped to shape her life. It is also a book about a courageous young girl who manages to thrive despite the tragedy of abuse, and how that young girl moves into womanhood and makes active choices to change how she reacts to her past and her present. The author completes her work with an admonishment to the reader to listen, observe, and offer help to children who may be victims of abuse; it is a plea that cannot fall on deaf ears after reading her story.
a plea that cannot fall on deaf ears after reading her story.
Denise Fleischer - gottawritenetwork.com, October 19, 2003
NIGHTMARE'S ECHO is a continuous series of events that furthered her father's abusive act evolving into spousal abuse and failed marriages. But what could have led to a point of no return was altered when a caring man entered Katlyn's life. If anything we learn from this genuinely honest reflection of one's life it's that we must not allow others to manipulate us. We must love and respect ourselves so that we can love others. That our self-esteem is the internal force that fires up our will to live. There are important lessons to be learned through Katlyn. If you want to touch upon heartbreak and believe in the power to overcome abuse and live the most rewarding life possible, read Nightmare's Echo.
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