First Lit Group Connection

In my book, Shattering Glass by Gail Giles, one of the main characters, Rob Haynes was molested by his father until he was eleven years old. I can connect with this because my step‑uncle was molested by his own cousin as a child. I can see how the terrible experience of being molested as a young child can affect the way you turn out as an adult. Rob, who is still living with the terrible memories, is trying to hide what happened from his friends. Also, with my uncle, he kept this from his parents until he was in his mid-teen years, about 10 years after he had undergone the experience. Sadly, there was nothing the family could do.