![]() ![]() Throughout the story we find Jake struggling with extreme anxiety and self harm as copingmchanisms to deal with his father’s abuse. Jake worries this might be an early sign of abuse. Ben is 5 years old and suffers from chronic bedwetting and thumb sucking. Jake visits home often, mostly to watch out for his younger brother Ben. Jake is 20, a successful college student living with a heavy burden, he has been sexually abused by his father for the last 10 years. The story clocks in around a hundred pages, and focuses on the first born, Jake Smith. ![]() Gayle’s new piece, Blood Gravity, Is the first installment in an ongoing series focusing on two brothers subjected to abuse by their father. The first author to graciously send me a copy of their next project was Gayle Towell. Trigger warning: this review is of a book containing graphic depictions of rape, incest, self harm, and suicide.Ī little while back I read the collection Burnt Tongues, and enjoyed it so much that I emailed a few of my favorite authors and offered to review any future work. ![]()
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