Child molestation focus of new Roby book
Add comment September 15th, 2009
Boone County resident Kimberla Lawson Roby, a New York Times bestselling author, tackles child molestation in her 13th book. “A Deep Dark Secret,” her second novella, will be released Sept. 29.
In the book, Jillian Maxwell, 12, a straight-A student who stays out of trouble is hiding a terrible secret and turns suicidal.
A news release that accompanied delivery of my copy of the book cites awful statistics from this site, Darkness to Light:
* 1 in 4 girls is sexually abused before age 18
* only 10 percent are abused by strangers
* 30 percent of victims never disclose the experience to anyone.
