The Unbreakable Child: A Story about Forgiving the Unforgivable

from DeniseBaer

The Unbreakable Child is like no other book about child abuse, which is why it makes it special. Kim Michele Richardson exposes abuse while at the same time brings us to the present. We watch a child-who went through unthinkable horrors-become unbreakable. It's an original way of exposing abuse t...

from kathydianeleveille

RESILIENCE: The author's account of growing up in a Roman Catholic orphanage in the 1960's is startling and brave in its revelations of abuse and cruelty. However, this beautifully written memoir is ultimately a tale of inspiration; proof positive of the survival of the human spirit. I admire not...

from ThommaLyn

The Unbreakable Child is a beautifully-written memoir which chronicles heart-wrenchingly grim experiences: Kim grew up in a Catholic orphanage and was brutally abused by the nuns and the priest to whose "care" she was entrusted. As I read the book, my heart went out to the young Kimmi: such a str...

from Wordcartage

My book club purchased the new paperback edition for our Jan read and agreed; this story needs to be shared with the world. A powerful and gripping story about brutal orphan abuse which resonates with the current clergy abuse scandals. Hopeful and healing and forgiving and unforgettable. This boo...

from Wordcartage

My book club purchased the new paperback edition for our Jan read and agreed; this story needs to be shared with the world. A powerful and gripping story about brutal orphan abuse which resonates with the current clergy abuse scandals. Hopeful and healing and forgiving and unforgettable. This boo...