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Incest is a particularly insidious form of abuse.
Not only does it usually involve the exploitation of children, but often the victim is fooled into believing the perpetrator s actions are a form of love. Winnipeg-based novelist Lynnette D anna explores the reality of incest in fool s bells . The third and final book in a trilogy in which D anna explores sexually abusive relationships, fool s bells is at once disturbing and engaging. Intertwining the life stories of three women from very different backgrounds, each woman struggles with abuse in very different ways. One woman, Naomi, is a housewife who continues her incestuous relationship with her father, having grown up believing that this is a normal course of events between a father and daughter.