Published: Dec. 27, 2012
Words: 30,301 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301958467

Short description

Neon Signs is the life of Damian King as a sexual abuse survivor. This is one man’s journey of self-discovery where no thought or feeling is left unrecorded; whether that humiliates Damian or causes further pain. Each word, each sentence is an unapologetic and an uncensored look at the world through the eyes of a male sexual abuse survivor.

Extended description

Neon Signs is the life of Damian King as a sexual abuse survivor. He details this as a series of journal entries which span six years of his life. These express through fragmented thought, short stories and poetry what it feels like to have been sexually abused and how that impacts every aspect of his life. It is within these entries that he often describes himself as a neon sign because his childhood sexual abuse has attracted everything to him from suicide ideation to addiction and anxiety.

Earlier entries of his journal describe in flashbacks, images of his sexual abuse, his life after it, as well as his internal struggles to accept what has happened and to accept himself. Later entries describe more his external world and how that is affected by his childhood sexual abuse. In these entries he talks about his jobs, his educational pursuits, and his relationship with his wife and children.

This is one man’s journey of self-discovery where no thought or feeling is left unrecor.. (Read more) Neon Signs is the life of Damian King as a sexual abuse survivor. He details this as a series of journal entries which span six years of his life. These express through fragmented thought, short stories and poetry what it feels like to have been sexually abused and how that impacts every aspect of his life. It is within these entries that he often describes himself as a neon sign because his childhood sexual abuse has attracted everything to him from suicide ideation to addiction and anxiety.

Earlier entries of his journal describe in flashbacks, images of his sexual abuse, his life after it, as well as his internal struggles to accept what has happened and to accept himself. Later entries describe more his external world and how that is affected by his childhood sexual abuse. In these entries he talks about his jobs, his educational pursuits, and his relationship with his wife and children.

This is one man’s journey of self-discovery where no thought or feeling is left unrecorded; whether that humiliates Damian or causes further pain. Each word, each sentence is an unapologetic and an uncensored look at the world through the eyes of a male sexual abuse survivor.
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Tags

sexual abuse, grief, mental health, survivor, self harm, male sexual abuse, suicide ideation

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Review by: Elise Buckle on Jan. 07, 2013 :
This is a short but powerful book. A must read!! I had to keep reading "just one more page" to the end. "Neon Signs" taught me a lot about how devastating sexual abuse can be for the victim but it also shows how important love and acceptance from friends and family are in assisting the healing process.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Kerin Wroe on Dec. 27, 2012 :
Wow! I read the whole book in a few hours. It's a riveting and honest look at the effects of sexual abuse. It's certainly helped me to better understand the struggles that sexual abuse sufferers (or rather survivors as the author so aptly puts it) can face. Highly reccomended!
(reviewed the day of purchase)

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