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One week prior to Christmas, in a small, Southern town, a fine Christian lady was murdered in her home as she cooked lunch. It was such a shocking occurrence that the entire town of relatives, friends and neighbors went into Silence Mode, and instructed the daughter to also, and to just go on with her life. However, as she succumbed to emotional regression, she entered college classes for therapy, and sought out private investigators since all officials refused to do their normal jobs after the murder of her mother. She desperately longed to know who and why? And, why the town's reluctance to respond appropriately? Upon the court-granted exhumation, vital witnesses were discovered who held pertinent information, which revealed the guilty party. However, the governor, local police, and even state police only reluctantly conducted their levels of inquiry by interviewing the suspect himself, and accepting his account that a 'now-deceased individual' had actually killed her. Those officials who made the efforts of covering-up a 'blatant murder, ' had their own reasons for agreeing that, ""This town - state just can't handle a scandal like this. We gotta say she done it herself."" Fortunately, these exact words were overheard by the highly credible witnesses who surfaced two decades later, unaware that the victim's daughter did not know about their presence. During the decades of her efforts, she experienced emotional regression, and found therapeutic assistance via the book Massive Psychic Trauma (H.Krystal) gleaned from Survivors of Jewish Holocaust. She now travels to Israel regularly and works with other victims (including many military) of PTSD.

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Sherry's quest for truth is a compelling account of children living in fear and a loving wife's submission to the alcoholism of her husband, yet it is more than that. It shows the spiritual and intellectual growth of the author as she channels her own pain, fear, and oppression into a ministry to help others. This book clearly conveys how being a victim does not equate into victimizing others--rather, life can be rewarding and productive even after such a loss as 'murder in the family.' Michael Latimer, Attorney, San Antonio, Texas This is an excellent illustration of how one's life course can be determined by the events that occurred in childhood. Childhood abuses leave lasting scars along with an implicit need to resolve and master overwhelming experiences. Sherry's work reads like a mystery novel, weaved in social corruption, personal guilt, anguish, and intrigue. Anne Courso-Johanson, Ph.D., Cerritos, California Most of what is worthy and of value is either born of pain or strongly associated with it. Through her personal and profound pain, Dr. Sherry Henry has elucidated, distilled, and explained a syndrome, distinct and differentiated, that identifies the horrific experience of a particular category of victims. The term 'Survival Syndrome' explains what, for many sufferers has been wordless, captivating enslavement. With Dr. Henry's seminal work, the victim and the treating clinician are given the conceptual tools, the optimism, and a poignant and inspirational example of recovery. I highly recommend this book to those serious in their study of the devastations of trauma. Robb Johanson, Ph.D., Cerritos, California There is no greater existential struggle in life than the pulling free from the dysfunctionalities of one's own family. Dr. Sherry Henry's shocking autobiography is one such heroic struggle. Robert M. Anthony, Ph.D., California

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Authors are the victim's daughter and two grand-children. The daughter became a school-teacher, then licensed clinical social worker. She works with military PTSD patients. Her daughter is also a licensed therapist and her son is a public school Science teacher.

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