About my book

LIVING NIGHTMARES of ABUSE In a small fishing harbor in Maine, Diane and her siblings lived in poverty and ignorance to most of the outside world. Diane was happy with that world, and not knowing any difference; she loved her family. At the age of eleven her parents began to argue. The argueing was upseting to her and the rest of the children. Her mother began inviting men to the home while her father was at work. One of the men tried to molest Diane on several occasions. Her mother leaves her husband and children behind to run off with the child molester. The children are taken from the home one by one and placed in foster care. In a foster home, Diane, is beaten by a former foster boy. After getting out of foster care she falls in love with a man and marries. Nine years later, the marrage ends in divorce. She now faces the worst of horrors when she discovers she is into a stalking abusive relationship.Diane tries to end it -- but he continuously stalks, beats, and rapes her. Fianlly after years of this abuse, with the help of friends and law enforcement, she gets away from him. Diane meets another man that she feels safe and comfortable with, but the nightmares continue. Several years into this relationship Diane finds she is again in an abusive environment. Her husband becomes ill and dies from cancer. This makes her realize that she needs to find someone that she can share her life and love with, before it is her time to go. She feels she has a guardian angel looking after her when she meets David.

First Chapters of my book-review

The first chapters of my book tells of my childhood, and the whole family living in our tiny home. It tell of the things my brothers, sisters, and I did for fun and the games we invented to play. Of the poverty we went through as children. Picking berries for food and selling berries for money to buy clothing and shoes. Spending most of our time in the summer at the lake or the ocean. Shoveling snow in the winter time for neighbors to make money to buy Christmas gifts. Then the separation, the heart-ache, and the abuse.

Writing my book.

Writing my book has been good therapy for me. It helped me to release the anger that has been built up inside of me for years. It has made me realize how much of my life was wasted because I didn't know how to get away from abuse. Now there are stalking laws to help people in abuse situations.

No one has to go through abusive situations alone. There are places you can go to get help. Reach out to someone.

Now Available Living Nightmares of Abuse is available at PublishAmerica at the price of $24.95 in soft or hard cover. My book is also available at most on line book stores. (prices vary) Also check your local book store for availability. ISBN# 1-4137-9156-5 http://www.publishamerica.com http://www.amazon.com  Look inside the book http://www.bn.com http://www.borders.com   PRESS RELEASE   Living Nightmares of Abuse   Fight back with a message! That's what Phyllis Benton did when she wrote her powerful and heart wrenching story of sexual, emotional, and physical abuse. This compelling account of abuse is for those who are now afraid to come out of their own abuse situation. (PRWEB) January 30, 2006 -- Living Nightmares of Abuse is a painful story that at times will leave you numb. It chronicles the author's nightmares of constant sexual abuse. Growing up in Bass Harbor, Maine, Phyllis Benton found herself subjected to being sexually molested as a child because of her promiscuous mother. Her mother often brought into the family home a variety of men that would take advantage of Phyllis. Later on in her teenage years and living in foster homes, Phyllis became a victim once again of the same degrading and vulgar abuse practices. Later in life as an adult, Phyllis began having great bouts of depression because of the disgust and hate she often felt about herself; almost committing suicide. She endured the horrors of abuse in two separate relationships. A mysterious stranger then came to her rescue, a guardian angel. This angel helped her deal with her emotions, depression, and anxieties. Phyllis married her guardian angel and is finally living happier than she ever thought possible. In this emotionally charged story, Ms Benton conveys the complete shame and guilt a woman endures through years of abuse, and how living with an abusive partner becomes a repeated practice when a woman does not get outside help. It is so very important that a woman in this type of situation, not be afraid to tell others so they can get the emotional and mental help needed to fight back. Now available at PublishAmerica, http://www.publishamerica.com   at a special pre-release discount price of $19.95. Also available at any on line books, such as Amazon.com, B&N.com, using my ISBN number 1-4137-9156-5. For more information about my book or about the author, please visit my websites at http://www.pdbenton.org/ or http://www.freewebs.com/dianesfantasy/ ###