Beyond the Eyes of God

Book excerpt: Linda Chapman's life story is one of a fruitless search for love in her own family ... a family where abuse, not love, became her 'normal'. Given away at birth by her mother, Linda lived a perfect life with grand-parents who showered her with affection. Then suddenly, at the age of five, she was kidnapped by her own mother and thrown into a world of physical and mental abuse that followed her through much of her adult life. "This book has changed my life .... I look at families in a different way, realizing full-well that the idyllic childhood I had is not the same as many children lead. Unfortunately, there are too many Lindas in the world, many of them living next door or just down the street from us." -Donna Bailey, Artist