Changing Chapters

Book excerpt: Author Clara Jobson's childhood was steeped in violence, rape, and molestation. She and her brother, James, witnessed their father beating their mother regularly. The two children lived in a world of fear and deceit. Changing Chapters is a story of surviving a childhood from hell. It's about witnessing domestic violence at the highest level and what effect it had on Clara and her brother. It's about sexual abuse and a household full of secrets, lies, and deceit. It tells of a terrible start for two young children, the beginning of a lifetime of extraordinary events for them both. In this memoir, Clara discusses her brother's life as he became involved with two bike clubs and also tells about his murder and how that affected her. But Changing Chapters also shares how Clara found the courage and strength to change her path to become a survivor with hope and a new direction.