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Mike De SistiAs a child, Lisa Lee Swanson-Solberg’s family made the news in December of 1974 after her father imprisoned them all inside their Mount Pleasant home for nearly a year. Now, she she has written a book that explores that painful time. |
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"Lisa Lee Swanson-Solberg's family made the news in December of 1974
after her father imprisoned them all inside their Mount Pleasant home
for nearly a year.
"Hermits, the headlines called them, a hurtful name that followed Lisa when she returned to school.
"For Lisa, then 12 years old, it was but one ugly chapter in a childhood of familial violence, sexual assault and insecurity that spilled into her adult life in the form of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.
"Now she has written a self-published e-book exploring her difficult past, and she has created a website to build awareness about child abuse through painful revelations from her own life.
"'To me, my parents shattered my emotions, they took away my sense of self and caused me to have issues that I'll have to struggle with for the rest of my life. But I also feel they'd also suffered greatly and many things contributed to why they became like they did. I think it's very important for all of us to take a look at our behavior and become more educated in the prevention of abuse,' she writes on the site.
"Now 53 and living in Racine, Lisa has turned her open sore into an open book. Titled 'Layers,' the short e-book is written as a semi-fictional love story between her and a man who harbored a secret from his own past.
Read more: http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/woman-imprisoned-by-father-writes-about-childhood-trauma-b99565646z1-323322161.html
That's what I should do.
Orb's, Good Idea. Write a e-book about your life. Seems to be the thing these day's. WTF. Why did she wait 41 years to write It? I especially like the fancy photo of her on the stairwell. I remember, we were camping, and my twin sister was playing with matches. We were of course told NOT to play with matches, but she did anyhow. WELL, to teach her a lesson, she wouldn't forget, my dad took a stick match, lit It, blew It out, and touched It to her arm. YES, It burned her, and she NEVER played with matches again. Should I write a book? My dad has been gone now 44 years. It should make a nice short interesting story. I wonder how often my sister thinks about this, and the PTSD that came with It? NEVER.
ReplyDeleteWhen you hear what some people have endured in their lives, it makes you thankful for your own problems.
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