Light in Bandaged Places shows us the harm done when an older man in a position of power convinces a child that sex with him is alright because he loves her. This poignant story takes us through the long-term wounding of such abuse—and the multifaceted path of healing.
As a lonely girl coming of age in the 1970s, Liz has every reason to believe her 8th-grade teacher is in love with her. Because the sex isn’t physically violent and is wrapped in a message of love, she learns to exchange sex for attention. It feels like love, after all. But years later, as an adult, emotional closeness eludes Liz. Even after marrying a sensitive, caring man, she is walled off. Struggling through confusing years, she believes something is deeply wrong with her.
Healing begins when an unexpected event takes Liz back to those formative years, and she sees for the first time that what happened to her was not love but trauma. As she begins to understand how her relationship with her former teacher destroyed her innocence and self-worth, she begins a spiritual and psychological journey that sets her free.
Now a meditation teacher and Buddhist practitioner, Liz offers her story in hope of helping others along their own paths of discovery and healing.
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Author’s Note
- Cover Art
- Table of Contents
- 1. Isolation and Silence
- 2. Finally, Friends
- 3. The Times They Are A-Changin
- 4. And So It Begins
- 5. Sweet Sixteen
- 6. Asking for Forgiveness, Just in Case
- 7. My Double Life
- 8. A Close Call
- 9. The Pressure Mounts
- 10. Breaking the Code of Secrecy
- 11. Betrayal
- 12. Men
- 13. Marriage?
- 14. Black Energy
- 15. Lost Opportunity
- 16. In Love?
- 17. The One-and-a-Half-Year Plan
- 18. An Abrupt Ending
- 19. Open and Closed
- 20. Marriage!
- 21. Motherhood and Conflict
- 22. Parenting and Therapy
- 23. Return to a Different Christianity
- 24. A Pivotal Event
- 25. Deep Therapy
- 26. Old Family Secrets
- 27. Seeing Clearly
- 28. Old Family Dysfunction
- 29. Death of My Mother
- 30. Death of My Sister and Brother
- 31. Rape Is Not Love
- 32. Sabbatical, Buddhism, and Rebirth
- Afterword
- Readers Guide
- Resources
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Selected Titles from She Writes Press
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