Lines of Listening

About the Book

Lines of Listening: A Memoir of Child Abuse and Marital Betrayal traces her ancestors’ passage from their German homeland through the family’s multigenerational struggle to survive abuse and betrayal. Relating personal accounts of familial interactions verifies and endeavors to explain evil and horrific episodes committed by family members, who had vowed to love and protect each other. This book was written to help explain why such events occur and to soften the pain for others when they may encounter such events.

About the Author

Joyce is a native of Illinois. She earned several academic degrees while traveling throughout the United States as a military wife. Her teaching background as well as a thirty-year nursing career has given her an informed perspective of world events and personal relationships. She is the first woman in her family to ever go to, and graduate from, college. Her writing impetus is set in her family. She is the mother of three awesome children and lives in Mississippi with her husband, Van.