Linda French Knihy

I often wondered how to start my story. How can I just say it plainly? My story is about crimes against children, which include rape, abuse, drugs, mind control, violence, stealing, lies, running from the law, homelessness, death and suicide. These are the words that I can use to tell about growing up being raped for so, so many years. I will explain about the dark spiral pit that a child can live in day after day. I will explain it to you from a child's point of view of the never-ending darkness that was my life. You may wonder why you never heard about my story before. Why it was not covered in the news. That's not because I didn't tell anyone when I was growing up. My story as you will see is long overdue. I tried many times to get someone's attention, but no one cared enough to understand the signs of my long abuse.

When a lost civilization speaks -- Finding the time to interview the last living speaker of the ancient Chinook language won't be easy for history professor Teodora Morelli. Teddy's hectic schedule includes teaching, researching and cheering on her brawny sister Tabor's career as a professional wrestler. dropping Tabor home after a match, Teddy goes inside to meet her sister's new roommate, a children's author -- only to find the woman's gruesomely slashed body on the kitchen floor. -- Teddy Morelli ListensAs the police investigation drags, Teddy and Tabor uncover a couple of leads of their own, including the victim's wildly evasive sister. Demanding an artifact from her childhood, the persuasive surviving sibling promises to tell Teddy and Tabor all she knows about her sister's demise if they help her with an impossible removing a legendary treasure from the bottom of an isolated inlet. It's up to Teddy to dive into the chaos -- hoping that the mysteries of the past will solve those of the present.