Review: At Daddy's Hands: Courage Knows No Age

At Daddy's Hands: Courage Knows No Age by Jacob Paul Patchen
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

MWSA Review

Author Jacob Paul Patchen has given us a soul-searching story in his book, At Daddy's Hands, Courage Knows No Age.

This is a story of a family suffering physical and sexual abuse at the hands of the husband and father. Author Patchen, an experienced case manager in a mental and behavioral health facility for adjudicated youths, has applied his knowledge and work experience in writing this book. He has seen this in the real world. Although a work of fiction, the book brings home the brutal reality of life in a home ruled by a monster. It also addresses the harsh reality of a society and a legal system where proving such abuse can often be hard. Once the entire family is broken, can there be any escape? In many ways, this was a hard book for me to read. I knew it was a work of fiction, but my heart still went out to this family. This book covers a topic many of us don't want to face, but we need to. I recommend this book.

Review by Bob Doerr (June 2020)

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