A light in the darkness for severely troubled children, former special education teacher Torey Hayden faced three of her most extraordinary challenges after she left the classroom
Nine-year-old Cassandra, kidnapped by her father and found starving, dirty, and picking through garbage cans—a child prone to long silences and erratic, violent behavior, whose hard-won recollections of the nightmare she endured could not be fully trusted.Charming, charismatic four-year-old Drake, who would speak only in private to his mother—his tough, unbending grandfather's demands for an immediate cure threatened to cause the delightful boy and his family irreparable harm.
And though she had never worked with adults, Hayden agreed to help fearful and silent eighty-two-year-old massive stroke victim Gerda—discovering in the process that a treatment's successes could prove nearly as heartbreaking as its limitations.
患有选择性缄默症的八岁的洁蒂，只在家说话，到学校里却一声不吭。她的老师琼以为洁蒂就是需要自信和安全感，于是千方百计地采用各种鼓励手段，但双方的拉锯战仍以沉默告终。琼自杀。桃丽海顿老师来到学校的第一天，便让洁蒂开了口。可洁蒂没有脊柱病症，但永远都是双手紧抱胸前，身子佝偻得几乎折叠起来的样子，让她很在意。更加诡异的是，当她们共处密闭一隅时，洁蒂居然吱嘎嘎地挺直了身体，疯狂地一边尖叫一边绕圈跑。而迈出这一隅后，她又变回佝偻。桃丽完全蒙了。她所见的是真的吗？没准儿这就是琼自杀的原因以为自己疯了！洁蒂的选择性缄默绝对没有那么简单，让人汗毛战栗的情节一一出现
By Torey Hayden, Paperback, Simplified Chinese Characters, 246 Pages/Book, 8.25"x6"
