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Preludes by John Brooks is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Preludes about?

Illuminating the horrors of child sexual abuse from a child’s perspective, "Preludes" is an extended short story chronicling the details and context of a boy’s sexual abuse by his father in a middle class family living in Nashville, Tennessee in the 1960s."Preludes" is based in substantial part on the experiences of its author, John Brooks, who is a child sexual abuse survivor. Tags: Relevant tags for this story’s content include: 1960s Nashville, abuse amnesia, abuse and healing, abuse and recovery, abuse survival, abuse survivor, abused child, abusive father, alcoholic father, amnesia, child abuse, child rape, child sexual abuse, childhood abuse, childhood innocence, dysfunctional families, dysfunctional family, family drama, family dysfunction, family power dynamics, family relationships, father son child sexual abuse, healing from abuse, healing from child sexual abuse, intra-family sexual abuse, male child sexual abuse survivor, male survivor, manhood, masculinity, middle class family drama, middle class family dysfunction, minor attracted adults, Nashville, Nashville Tennessee, pedophile, pedophilia, Presbyterian, Presbyterian family, preventing child sexual abuse, rape, reco

Author
John Brooks
Publisher
johnbrookswriting (John Brooks)
Published
2013
Language
EN
Rating
3.5 / 5 (27 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14