What Happens in the Family: A Story of Survival

Some families are held together by love. Others are held together by silence.

In What Happens in the Family: A Story of Survival, A. M. Young breaks that silence and confronts the painful truth of what can happen when harm is concealed, loyalty is demanded, and survival requires a child to endure what should never have been placed upon her.

This deeply personal memoir is not only about what happened behind closed doors. It is about the lasting consequences of family secrets, the complicated work of reclaiming one's voice, and the courage required to tell the truth when others would rather preserve the appearance of family than protect the people within it.

Written for survivors, for those raising and protecting children, and for anyone who believes that family secrets should never be more important than a person's safety, What Happens in the Family offers an unflinching account of survival-and a powerful reminder to those who have carried their stories alone:

You deserved to be protected. What happened was not your fault. And you deserve to be believed.