Carol's Story Author:Chip Ricks "Behold,listen! The cry of the daughter of my people..for the brokenness of my people...." Jeremiah 8:19a, 21a — Incest. It's ugly shadow lurks in more homes than most people realise. This sin, most commonly between father and daughter or stepdaughter, may affect more than half a million American families. It commonly goes unreported, untreated, ... more »because of shame and fear of exposure. This is Carol's Story, a true, though anonymous, account of the nightmare of living with repeated abuse and neglect, a longing for love and for a "real family". It is a journey into adult life with scars and fears. It is a discovery of hope and healing in Jesus Christ, and the building of a Christian marriage-of adjustment and struggling to find wholeness and self-forgiveness. Here is hope for others who have been afraid even to voice their fears....« less