About the Book
This true, first-person memoir of a boy's perseverance in the face of family dysfunction and adversity in the Montreal area of the 1960s and early '70s offers a harrowing look inside a child's soul-crushing loss of innocence between the ages of 4 and 16. Wawa, one of seven children born to an alcoholic father and clinically depressed mother, refuses offers to fix his broken glasses, wearing them as an outward statement of his heartbreakingly broken life.
His hunger for love and guidance and his will to survive to adulthood in the face of fear, loneliness, anxiety, hardship and poverty will have readers cheering him on. This is an account that resonates with the lives of thousands of abused and neglected children who remain invisible. Wawa is the voice of the silent ones.
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About This Book
A True Story of Innocence
One of few stories that truly express the raw emotions and harrowing look inside a child's soul-crushing loss of innocence.
Struggle to Adulthood
Wawa, one of seven children, struggles in the face of fear, loneliness, anxiety, hardship and poverty in order to survive to adulthood.
Soul-Crushing Loneliness
As a reader you are given a glimpse, a rare chance, to feel and experience Wawa's dissolving innocence.
You Can Help
You can help the silent ones when you purchase this book as the proceeds will go to charity.
Help the Silent Ones by Getting This Book
A portion of proceeds from every sale goes directly to children's charities. When you buy this book, you are helping give a voice to the silent ones — children who, like Wawa, grew up unseen and unheard.
Testimonials from Our Readers
"…I read your book and WOW! I would NEVER have known all that you had to go through just looking at you. You're such a loving and warm person and had a successful life despite all that you had to endure. So I can imagine if you had gotten all the support while growing up, sky would have been the limit to explore your curious mind."
"It really helped me understand how an innocent child, left to fend for himself without love, can end up straying into destructive habits of mind and body."
"I cried with you, especially during your first experience at the home. I felt triumph and a sense of value, when you worked your way to New York… I felt pure joy when you reunited with your mother. I shared your defiance against your father. You allowed me to live your story, rather than just read it."
"You took me on such a journey. I felt your innocence and with every heartbreak try to reach out… I lost that innocence with you."
"What a fascinating, heartbreaking and harrowing look inside the growing-up experiences of a child who suffers so much neglect and abuse."
"This is an amazing reconstruction of a very difficult childhood."
"The Kid With Broken Glasses is a reminder for people of conscience to look out for the 'silent ones'!"
"An amazing reconstruction of a very difficult childhood, effectively told from a growing child's point of view."