One Child by Torey Hayden

Synopsis

This beautiful and deeply moving tale recounts educational psychologist Torey Hayden`s battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled and sexually abused child who with the help of Hayden was finally able to overcome her dark past and realise her full potential Six-year-old Sheila was abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was four A survivor of horrific abuse she never spoke never cried and was placed in a class for severely retarded children after committing an atrocious act of violence against another child Everyone thought Sheila was beyond salvation - except her teacher Torey Hayden With patience skill and abiding love she fought long and hard to release a haunted little girl from her secret nightmare - and nurture the spark of genius she recognised trapped within Sheila`s silence This is the remarkable story of their journey together - an odyssey of hope courage and inspiring devotion that opened the heart and mind of one lost child to a new world of discovery and joy

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