Priscilla Musonda has no idea how she survived such a hard life, but she knows why. The survivor of a lifetime of sexual abuse, she has grown to serve as a beacon for other child victims. In Stolen Childhood, she shares chilling, detailed accounts of her life in Zambia as the sexual slave of her father. The abuse began when she was just five years old, and as a result, her relatives shunned her and predicted that she would never marry. She struggled to complete her education as the nightmare continued. As a teen, she was forced to marry her own father, a polygamist with three other wives. She bore him four children who have also been shunned by her family. Desperate, she ran away to live on the streets. Her life was grim, but not as grim as the future they predicted for her. But Priscilla is a survivor, not a victim. She dreams of building a sanctuary, school, and psychosocial centre in Zambia. She shares her story with strong language and imagery, to help the reader truly understand what she went through. She wants to do everything she can to get others to take the claims of children seriously. Ten percent of the proceeds from the sale of her story will go to benefit the work of PSHAF.
Priscilla Musonda has no idea how she survived such a hard life, but she knows why. The survivor of a lifetime of sexual abuse, she has grown to serve as a beacon for other child victims. In Stolen Childhood, she shares chilling, detailed accounts of her life in Zambia as the sexual slave of her father. The abuse began when she was just five years old, and as a result, her relatives shunned her and predicted that she would never marry. She struggled to complete her education as the nightmare continued. As a teen, she was forced to marry her own father, a polygamist with three other wives. She bore him four childrenwho have also been shunned by her family. Desperate, she ran away to live on the streets. Her life was grim, but not as grim as the future they predicted for her. But Priscilla is a survivor, not a victim. She dreams of building a sanctuary, school, and psychosocial centre in Zambia. She shares her story with strong language and imagery, to help the reader truly understand what she went through. She wants to do everything she can to get others to take the claims of children seriously. Ten percent of the proceeds from the sale of her story will go to benefit the work of PSHAF.
Priscilla Musonda hat keine Ahnung, wie sie dieses Leben überlebt hat, aber sie weiss warum. Als Überlebende eines lebenslangen sexuellen Missbrauchs ist sie zum Rettungsanker für andere Opfer im Kindesalter geworden. In Gestohlene Kindheit schildert sie die erschreckenden Einzelheiten ihres Lebens in Zambia als Sexsklavin ihres Vaters. Die Übergriffe begannen, als sie gerade mal fünf Jahre alt war und ihre Verwandten ächteten sie deswegen und sagten ihre ein Leben ohne Ehemann voraus. Sie kämpfte um ihre Schulbildung, während sie weiterhin die Übergriffe ihres Vaters ertragen musste. Als Teenager wurde sie gezwungen, ihren Vater zu heiraten, der in polygamer Ehe mit drei weiteren Frauen lebte. Sie gebar ihm vier Kinder—welche ebenfalls von ihrer Familie geächtet wurden. In ihrer Verzweiflung lief sie weg und lebte auf der Strasse. Sie führte ein bitteres Leben, aber nicht so bitter, wie es ihr prophezeiht wurde. Priscilla ist eine Überlebende, nicht ein Opfer. Sie träumt davon, ein Schlupfhaus, eine Schule und ein psychosoziales Zentrum in Zambia zu gründen. Sie erzählt ihre Geschichte in einer ausdruckstarken Sprache und in eindrücklichen Bildern, um dem Leser deutlich zu machen, was sie durch gemacht hat. Sie versucht alles zu tun, damit die Anliegen der Kinder ernst genommen werden. Zehn Prozent des Verkaugfserlöses dieses Buches kommen PSHAF zugute.
Olivia was a pioneer. The daughter of a teenage Tejana mother and an immigrant father, she blazed a trail for the modern Hispanic woman and influenced the political history of Texas. Read her story and enjoy the journey from her humble beginnings to the hallowed halls of Washington.
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