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'Tis Herself: Short Story Collection, Volume One focuses on the small and the not so small events in the lives of ordinary people. These stories move us to laugh and cry as we encounter the twists and turns of dealing with everyday life.

While evaluating a child accused of murder, Dr. Allyson Freemont unravels a cycle of family abuse, forcing her to confront her own haunting emotional issues. Suffer the Little Children is the story of a child's innocence lost in the power and control of domestic violence. Confounded by love and hate, those involved with this boy struggle to save him from self destruction.

This collection is an entertaining and heart-warming journey into the lives of ordinary people. The stories touch on the details of relationships among family members and between friends and lovers. It offers an opportunity -- sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant -- to see ourselves through the desires and decisions made by others. Each story is a quick listen with a significant message.

A teenager's refusal to attend school leads to criminal charges against his parents and disastrous consequences for him. His parent's recent divorce, his father's hasty remarriage, his brother's moving away for college, leave Andrew Tibbet in a desperate whirlwind of emotions. Using revenge as his weapon of choice, he sets out to destroy his family emotionally and financially.

Teenager Sarah Hillock has decided death is a better alternative than life. She has attempted suicide and is determined to try again. Psychologist Allyson Freemont and detective Ernie Blackwell try to discover what has happened in this girl's life to set her on a path of self-destruction. They learn her father, Alex Hillock, disappeared nine years ago. His wife, Grace, is contacted by an attorney from Ft. Lauderdale with startling information.

Arrested for shoplifting, a woman with amnesia fears both her past and her future, and claims no knowledge of the mysterious young girl found with her. Sins of the Father focuses on the efforts of a daring psychologist to bring an emotionally troubled woman face to face with a horrifying reality, yet protect her from a complete and permanent emotional breakdown.