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02407aam a2200265Mi 4500 001 F92207E4053D11EB8D43D25B30ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201003010156 008 131011s2013 xx e 000 1 eng 020 $a 1475096925 020 $a 9781475096927 035 $a (OCoLC)859814610 040 $a AU@ $b eng $e rda $c AU@ $d OCLCO $d ZPX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d TTN $d ANK $d LMJ $d OCL $d OCLCO $d BUP $d SILO 100 1 $a Dearth, Paige, $e author. 245 10 $a When smiles fade / $c Paige Dearth. 264 1 $a [Atascadero, CA] : $b [Createspace], $c 2013. 300 $a xl, 456 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a Emma was unloved from the moment she was born. Her earliest memory is being severely beaten by her father, Pepper Murphy, when she was just eight-years old. Seething with resentment over the sacrifice of his dreams for a woman he cares little about and children he never wanted, Pepper chooses to blame his older daughter. Her mother, Valerie, makes matters worse with her verbal abuse, leaving Emma isolated with a man that had no boundaries in punishing his daughter, taking his abuse to unimaginable levels. Emma's father's coldblooded beatings and the ultimate abuse to which he subjects her, lays the foundation of the person she becomes. As she matures into a resourceful teenager, she is unwilling and unable to stifle her desire for revenge. Reaching her breaking point she can no longer control the impulse to fight back and finally takes matters into her own hands. Having learned the art of hatred from her father and the mastery of manipulation from her mother, young Emma now sets out to make a better life for herself, leaving the memory of the abused child she had once been behind her. Hardened by the heartless brutality she encounters and the dangerous situations she must overcome in the course of her journey, she faces every challenge that comes her way in her quest for a normal life for herself and for those she loves. Finally a person emerges from within, that guides her toward a better life until she learns of a secret that sets her on the path of ultimate redemption. 650 0 $a Adult child sexual abuse victims $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Abused children $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Interpersonal relations $x Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20201003010857.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F92207E4053D11EB8D43D25B30ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search