Even from a young age, Julie knows that her father’s actions toward her are terribly wrong. This marks the beginning of the dissociative disorder that causes Julie to feel as though she is outside of her body, observing what is happening to her. After witnessing a depraved act of abuse, her mother cannot deal with the pain and abandons the family.
Julie continues to live as her father’s sexual prisoner until her senior year of college. When she meets Professor Steven Graham, a brilliant man with a muscular body and caring eyes, she is instantly intrigued. The two develop a close friendship that eventually gives Julie the strength to escape the living nightmare created by her father. She also moves forward with her plans to become a pediatrician.
Following a fateful meeting with a young patient who is the victim of a nearly identical incest situation, Julie seeks a reunion with her mother. She knows now that God is watching over her—and that there will never be another moment in her life as rewarding as this one.
My Parents Betrayed Me is one young woman’s story of survival despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles.