Bay Area Readers! Author Event in Your Area

Don't miss this opportunity!

STRONG AT THE HEART AUTHOR TO SPEAK
AT BERKELEY'S BLACK OAK BOOKS

Berkeley, CA Award winning author Carolyn Lehman will speak on her new book STRONG AT THE HEART: How It Feels to Heal from Sexual Abuse, on Monday, April 3, at 7:30 p. m. at Black Oak Books.

STRONG AT THE HEART is a compelling look at the healing process of nine diverse sexual abuse survivors. Through interviews and photographs, these men and women—several of them still in their teens—reveal the choices they made, the people they turned to, and the strategies that worked best for them in overcoming the harm of sexual abuse.

"I began this project because, as a survivor myself, I was concerned with the stereotypes of abuse victims in our popular culture," says Lehman, a writer and educator who has advocated for children for over twenty years.

"The book shows the different ways that real teens and adults confront abuse and heal from it. You can see the strengths they develop in the process, strengths that take them beyond healing and into rich and productive lives."

At Black Oak, Lehman will show her photographs, read from the book, and discuss the unexpected insights revealed during the interviews which took place in communities as diverse as a Native reserve in northern Canada, the New Jersey Pine Barrens, and San Francisco's Mission District.

Lehman will be joined by Akaya Windwood, one of the survivors interviewed in STRONG AT THE HEART, as well as by Staci Haines and Maria Gonzalez Barron, who will talk about how they helped each other move through healing and beyond.

For more information on the book event contact Black Oak Books at (510) 486-0698 or go to blackoakbooks.com. To find out more about STRONG AT THE HEART visit strongattheheart.com.

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On Thursday March 30, at 7:30 p. m., The Survivors' Healing Center in Santa Cruz is sponsoring a book discussion by Carolyn Lehman at Bookshop Santa Cruz. She will be joined by Laura Davis, co-author of THE COURAGE TO HEAL.