Joyce K Gatschenberger

Lines of Listening Joyce K Gatschenberger

Lines of Listening: A Memoir of Child Abuse and Marital Betrayal traces her ancestors' passage from their German homeland through the family's multigenerational struggle to survive abuse and betrayal. Relating personal accounts of familial interactions verifies and endeavors to explain evil and horrific episodes committed by family members, who had vowed to love and protect each other. This book was written to help explain why such events occur and to soften the pain for others when they may encounter such events.