num_pages: 266
description: For BJ Johnson, growing up in the heat of Augusta, Georgia wasn't easy. Raised by a cautious great-grandmother, in a shotgun house with the windows nailed shut, BJ was usually isolated from the other kids. He had his fun, though. A life-long music lover, BJ recorded songs from the radio and dreamed of becoming a deejay. And he often went fishing with his favorite aunt, who lived next door. It was Sophie that jumped in and rescued BJ when he fell into the lake. She also protected him from neighborhood bullies. Everyone knew Sophie didn't put up with nonsense.As BJ got older, though, he began to realize his aunt's behavior wasn't entirely normal. When his great-grandmother died just weeks after his high school graduation, BJ knew he needed to go to New York to be with his mother, brother and sister. But Sophie had other plans. She blamed BJ for his great-grandmother's death, so that his family would be afraid of him. Then she terrorized BJ into supporting her financially for the next 13 years, using her accusations and psychic warnings to keep him under her domination. A Young Man's Living Nightmare is more than a story of domestic violence. It's also a story full of hope. Read it to find out how psychological hostages are created. But more, be inspired as BJ's will to live a life of his own rises up and sets him free.
language: English
title: A Young Man's Living Nightmare: A True Story of Deadly Domination
titlecomplete: A Young Man's Living Nightmare: A True Story of Deadly Domination
publisher: Createspace Independent Pub