Twisted Roots of Evil - Hardcover

Kesegich, Susan A.

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10 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0967597404 ISBN 13: 9780967597409

Publisher: Twist of Fate Pub, 2000

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Twisted Roots of Evil details the authors journey from her abusive upbringing in the rural south to survival at the turn of the millennium. As a child, Susan Kesegich and her sisters suffered extreme neglect, sexual, mental and physical abuse. Their father raped them and they watched him tie their mother to a tree, light a fire beneath her, and shoot at her. Marrying at the tender age of fourteen to escape the horror, Susan found herself in a marriage that rivaled her mothers for physical abuse. Six years later, she, too, was divorced, poor, uneducated, and lost. Although her life changed when she met her current husband, it was through the victimization of her father's second family that she ultimately found closure. With the help of Susan, her father was sentenced to life in prison for the abuse he committed against his second family.

This is a story that is heart wrenching but at the same time uplifting. This is a story that needed to be told. It details Susan's remarkable journey that captures the essence of survival in a dynamic, contemporary world. It tells everyone you can start out in this world with everything stacked against you but with pride, determination, and perseverance you can make a difference.

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Review:

Twisted Roots of Evil is VIVID, CANDID, SHOCKING, and a highly recommended testament to conditions that still persist. -- The Midwest Book Review, Spring 2000

From the Author:

Being born into a poor, rural family that often went without food, electricity, and plumbing is not a crime. There are many hard working, proud people in this country that are not wealthy. But to suffer the abuse I did while growing up is a crime. I wrote my book so other victims will know they can survive this and still live a normal life. As children we may learn what we live. But it does not mean we have to live what we learn. I also want people to know they have someone they can turn to. Someone who has been down the road they are going down. Growing up I wanted a father I could run to if someone was hurting me. But what are you supposed to do when it's your father doing the hurting? I hope Twisted Roots of Evil opens the eyes of every person who reads it to the problem of child abuse and to finding ways to combat it. For my own small part, in addition to my speaking engagements and talking to groups and victims, I donate 10% from the sale of each book to a!
different children's charity every month.

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