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Laced with humor, heartache, and the murkier sides of keeping family secrets, Hidden Hurts Revealed by A. Jean White-Jennings is an explosive portrait of how children of rape and incest can survive what haunts them. Boldly transparent, this candid memoir reads like a convincing soap opera, though the levels of depravity and indifference towards children are utterly shocking. With chapter titles like “Inside I Cried: Enough Is Enough,” “The Son That Wasn’t Mine,” and “Responding to a Sister’s Plea for Help,” the author shares what it is like to move past childhood incidences of incest and rape in order to become a good parent and a loving partner. As she recounts her harrowing journey and how it is she was able to ultimately face her demons so that she might begin to live life on her own terms, her message is not at all about letting bygones be bygones, but to examine, biopsy, and cast off the cancerous memories of one’s past.