Publisher's Synopsis
THE BOOGEYMAN DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE.Through the eyes of a six-year-old about to spend the next nine years under a monster; her boogeyman while desperately trying to save her sisters and eventually wishing she never did when her mother sold her out. Follow Alex Jones on Facebook: https: //web.facebook.com/Unofficial-Alex-Jones-213727449206444/The world tells you that it's one big cubicle and that there is a box for you, for people like us, survivers of abuse that you must fit into, if you don't want to be chewed up and ruthlessly spat out. These people are psychologists, courts, welfare officials, the law, and most importantly, people you are closest to. They claim to know how you must act, how you must feel and how you are supposed to cope after a traumatic even, or years of trauma at the hands of your abuser.And when you don't feel what they assume you do, you feel like the failure. It's okay to stand up, deal with it your way, and go on to make the rest of your life, the very BEST of your life.My name is Alex Jones. I must have re-written these pages a thousand times, and each time, I just want to crumple them up or tear them into a million pieces.This is never easy. Writing words like these down must be the hardest thing in the world to do. I often just close this document and refuse to come back to it.As far as editing and proofing goes, I can never get that far. It's tough.But then, I think of all the other little girls who have grown into women, who struggle with the same thing I did. My heart hurts so badly for them and so, I open the file once more, and I begin again.I want to tell you to call back that little girl. Put a flower in your hair, and instead of hiding, come forward and dance your way through the rest of your life.I want you to know that even though you think you're all alone in this, you're not.I want you to understand that none of this was ever your fault.You should know that you matter.So, today, I am committed to try and bring a decent book out for you.I am going to do my best to give you my voice, so that yours might become louder.More than anything, I am going to try and let you know that I am here, for you, and my story is out there for no other reason than to let you know, you are not alone.Once more, I will submit these pages and hopefully this time, keep them there for the world to know that monsters are often, someone we once loved.God be with you, alwaysAlex!
