Susan Kaye Behm
Posted on September 17, 2007
Filed Under Fiction
The Journey, by Susan Kaye Behm, is a novel that will help readers understand abuse victims and give a new resolve to help those who have suffered abuse. If you have not been abused, you owe it to take yourself out of your sheltered life, and experience the terror that over 1.5 million children in the United States go through each year.
If you have been abused, you must read this book—there is inspiration, hope, determination, and proof that you, too, can not only survive but become a victor!
It is amazing how much better you will understand the victims. If you know someone who has been abused, don’t avoid them—get to know them and love them. Take a chance to get to know Susan Kaye Behm, through her character Joey Benson, and you’ll find that she can make an impact on your life that you’ll never forget.
“This is a powerful story of a ritual abuse survivor’s struggle
To be heard, believed, and accepted.
To learn what is normal and deal with questions of what is real.
To accept that she was not permanently damaged and not permanently separated into an alien world, a life apart, on the outside looking in.
This tells of a courageous journey.
From hiding her true self to being known.
From wanting to die to choosing life.
From being shaped by the past to living in the now.
From being disillusioned and disappointed to learning to trust God and people.
This story can impact those who have experienced abusive treatment and those who want to help.”
Eleanor Sloat, MS, MA, LCPC, RN, CS-P
About the Author
Susan K. Behm, author of Civilized Savages and Secrets in Paradise and most recently, The Journey, is the outspoken voice for those who are unable to speak for themselves. As an abuse survivor, she understands better than the averageSusan Behm individual the importance of raising awareness of the effects of abuse on an individual. She bravely speaks out against the most extreme forms of child labor and ritual abuse. In her novels, she illustrates that abuse of every type is going on not only around the world, but in our own country as well. No child is safe while this threat exists.
Susan graduated college with a Bachelor’s of Science in Secondary Education, but is currently working as an Information Technology professional. When she’s not writing, she spends her time caring for two exuberant black labs, Cal and Sammy. In addition, she interprets for the hearing-impaired, teaches sign language, volunteers at her church, runs her own computer business, and is an avid teddy bear collector.
After Susan’s first book, Civilized Savages, she began speaking to survivors of abuse and sharing her own experiences with them to encourage and support them on their healing journey. She also speaks to those who work with survivors or are a part of a survivor’s support network to help them better understand the emotional pain that the person must deal with continually.
Susan is available for public speaking engagements, book signings, and interviews.
Her sincere wish is to be the voice for those survivors who have not yet found their voice. She brings inspiration, hope, and strength to those she comes in contact with.
Some of her topics are:
• Sharing her own abuse experiences
• Hope for healing
• How to help those who are hurting regardless of the emotional pain
• Looking for the positive in the negative
• The joys of writing
• Dealing with Post-Traumatic Stress and flashbacks
• As well as other related topics
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“A young girl’s unrelenting search for freedom from obstacles is so great that they threaten to overwhelm and destroy her mind, body, and soul. It’s the story of loving grandparents who prayed and a teacher who saw more than a rebellious girl, and who dared to reach out and care. For anyone longing for Hope in the midst of their own tiresome struggle, this book is a beacon of light in the dark world of abuse.”
This book took me into a world I knew existed but otherwise would never have visited. It has had a powerful impact on my life and will do the same for you…Thank God for a survivor-turned-author who takes her horrible experiences and uses them to help others. She is an amazing inspiration to me and will be an amazing inspiration to you, too! There were times I wanted to put the book down because I felt as though I was experiencing the pain right along with the character, and I wanted it to stop…then I realized that if she could keep going, I needed to keep going. I wanted her to know that I supported her and was determined to walk this journey with her. I am so glad that I did, and you will be too.
In this moving sequel to Civilized Savages, author Susan K. Behm once again plunges us into the brutal, almost surreal world of abuse survivor Joey Benson. Using the first person narrator, Behm blends candid, insightful musings with detailed descriptions, so that even the most innocent of us understands the horror of coping with the aftermath of sexual abuse. In the end, Joey’s prayers are answered when she finds one person who endeavors to rescue her, restore her faith and lead her to salvation, begging us to question what we can do to reach out to those who are broken and forced to live in silent shame. For too long the epidemic of ritual abuse has been ignored. Thanks to Susan Behm, the victims not only have an advocate, they have a voice.
Susan Kaye Behm has done it again…a compelling must read…this is one sequel that can stand alone. We follow the story of Joey Benson and her struggle through acceptance, gang violence, and even more abuse.
Through compassion, and an amazing thing God calls Grace, The Journey, illustrates that a life abused and nearly destroyed can be redeemed. The author seems to have that cherished ‘seeing the forest through the trees’ mentality that should motivate us all to press on and reach deeper and higher despite worldly trials.
This novel is a poignant and plantive plea for help from a young girl, just escaped from a military cult into her drunk, abusive parents’ home. But which is worse, where she just came from or where she now lives? Susan Kaye Behm’s harrowing account complete with raw flashbacks of unbelievable punishment and unjustifiable wrongs chronicles the life of Joey, a tough twelve year old, who secretly lives in dread and depression of each upcoming brutal day, not knowing where the next beating or sexual assault is going to come from and not knowing whether she wants to live or not. Her only friend is her dog, and even this tender relationship is squashed. Not until the end, does she truly learn about God, about good Christian people, who unknowingly save her, is her future turned around by breaking away from her horrible family and attending college. This is a must read for all who don’t understand what happens to children in abusive homes and how the love of God can heal them and transform them. Once I started reading, I couldn’t put this very emotional book down and neither will you…