'Innocence' gives hope to victims of abuse
Book Review
"Sacred Innocence: There Is Life After Abuse," Wendy M. Johnson, Living Legacy Publishing Inc.
Wendy M. Johnson's story gets you right in the gut — not once, not twice, but time after painful time.
To say Johnson had a lousy childhood and teen years would be an understatement. Controlling parents. Raging father. Indifferent, unloving mother. Distant sister. Betrayals. Physical abuse. Bingeing on food, then purging.
Johnson's rebellion included heavy drinking, drugs and premarital sex.
Then, in her early 20s, she met a Mormon, and her life changed. Missionaries from the singles ward taught her, and the doctrines she heard spoke to her soul. Repentance followed, then her baptism in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at age 23.
Read the full story on MormonTimes.com.
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