Review: The Truth is Almost Never Pleasant
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 29, 2013
Amelia's story written from the heart, which opened up the old wounds all over again. D.G. Torrens has barred her soul to the world about a time in her life that should never have happened. The system of child services is broken now and was broken then. She was taken from her siblings, forced to live in a hate filled greedy government system and yet came out on the other side without to many scars.Forget the way the book is written forget the fact that this is her first book- look beyond that and understand on some level the suffering she and her siblings suffered at the hands of an out of touch mother and an even more out of touch government program.Stop and think for one minute of losing all that you hold dear- that being your siblings and the love that you thought your mother had for you. Stop and think for one minute how it might feel to be dropped off in a strange place with strangers who do not care about you at all. They are just drawing a check. Stop and think for one minute that the very person who is supposed to love and protect you doesn't.This story was very painful for this young woman to pen. It opened floodgates of memories that she had kept pushed back for many years. She had the courage to put them to paper knowing she was open to criticism.Ms. Torrens well done. You fell into the abyss and came out on the other side a stronger and more courageous person than most people I know. Courage is doing the right thing even though you are scared to death and that my friend is you!!!!!