Bibliograph

Chosen, a memoir of stolen boyhood, Stephen Mills

Type

Label

Chosen, a memoir of stolen boyhood, Stephen Mills

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chosen

Oclc number

12939851931311286241

Responsibility statement

Stephen Mills

Sub title

a memoir of stolen boyhood

Summary

"At thirteen years old, Stephen Mills is chosen for special attention by the director of his Jewish summer camp, a charismatic social worker. Stephen, whose father had died when he was four, places his trust in this authority figure, who then grooms and molests him for two years. The boy tells no one, but the aftershocks rip through his life: self-loathing, drugs, petty crime, and horrific nightmares, all made worse by the discovery that his abuser is moving from camp to camp, state to state, molesting countless other boys. Only physical and mental collapse bring Stephen to confront the truth of his boyhood and begin the painful path to recovery-as well as a decades-long crusade to stop a serial predator and find justice. Astonishingly, the trauma of sexual abuse is shared by one out of every six men, yet few have spoken out. Chosen is a rare act of consummate courage, the indelible story of a man who faces his torment and his tormentor and, in the process, is made whole"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Predation -- Flight -- Reckoning

Target audience

adult

Classification