When children, teens in particular, are tossed aside by their guardians they are extremely vulnerable to the lecherous side of society. One of the more devious class are the pimps. Men that groom and work these young kids, who are often homeless, into sexually exploitative situations first befriend them and gain their trust. They buy [...]
In an April 28, 2009 article in the San Francisco Weekly.com is the story of three teenage girls, Felicia, Jillian and Kim. Besides being young teenagers, they had a couple more things in common–they were all three throwaways–and they were being tried for murder.
In the article titled, Pretty Bad Girls, it states, “All had come [...]
Yesterday, I received my first review on my unedited manuscript from New York Times bestselling author, Lois Gresh. For me, to write is an art, and many times the art was my only source of light in the darkness of writing my story.
Thank you Lois,
Dawn
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The Road through Wonderland is a gripping and beautifully written memoir [...]
Medallion press launched a new website for my book, The Road Through Wonderland. The address is www.theroadthroughwonderland.com.
Check it out! There is still much more to be added as we go along, including linking this web blog to the site. So come back whenever you can to find out about additional speaking engagements, etc.
I’d love to [...]
I want to share some of the feedback I received from the teens who came to my presentations, “Our Throwaway Teens: Who Are They and How Can We Help?” These comments are so important as they reflect a teen’s view on abuse and neglect today!
TEENS SAY
“I thought you did a nice job on your presentation. [...]
This may or may not be clear to people, but I have two birthdays. My bellybutton birthday on December 29th and another, July 22nd, the anniversary of the day that I got sober. It has been over a decade since I turned away from the need to numb out my emotions. What a journey so [...]
Medallion Press is airing a short interview I did with them last month at the Book Expo of America in New York.
Blog Talk Radio
Best,
Dawn
I found this on the side of my refrigerator. It has been there for about a year-and-a-half, written by my then almost 8-year-old daughter. She knows I have written this book. She knows it is about a real hard time with a man who hurt me, but she cannot comprehend the depth [...]
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I finish my studies on Throwaway Teen Abuse Prevention. In the next few weeks I will be turning this into a power point presentation and putting it out to the public on June 10, 2009 at my local university to faculty, students and the public. Through a grant I received from our tribal foundation and [...]
