The Secrets That Young Girls Keep: A True Story

By Leigh Madison

If you’ve ever wondered about the secrets that women keep as part of their lives, this is a must-read! In this book, The Secrets That Young Girls Keep, lies a major dilemma that some women face while growing up. This is a story of how keeping secrets can be devastating and damaging to every area of your life. Leigh Madison shares her experience with you and encourages others to step from behind the veil of their secret.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jan 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9781665516518

Leigh Madison

Leigh Madison is a new author whose book has been featured on Trinity Broadcasting Network Virginia Beach, VA. Leigh Madison lives in Virginia with her two children. She is an educator and speaker; Her passion is helping others to break free from their past by sharing a powerful message with her readers; She loves to inspire others and has dedicated her life to the wellbeing of women & children. If you want to know more about Leigh Madison's book release updates and upcoming events please visit her website www.leighmdsn.com. where you can sign up to receive an email when she has her next release.

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© 2021 Leigh Madison. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse  01/19/2021

ISBN: 978-1-6655-1456-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-6655-1651-8 (e)

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For the women who have experienced

this and the men who have the

responsibility to help heal them.

Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1 Growing Up

Chapter 2 Ingredients for Destruction

Chapter 3 My Only Friend

Chapter 4 The Day I Died

Chapter 5 Enough Is Enough

Chapter 6 The Plan

Chapter 7 The Road to Overcoming

Chapter 8 Happiness Lives

Reflections

A Note from the Author

Dedication

This book is dedicated to the many women who are still living with deep secrets. I have been where you are, and I have felt your pain. This is my dedication to you, and I love you. Many people may never understand, but I do. This is also dedicated to my daughter. May you never have to live with a secret.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my family and friends for their support throughout this process.

To my son and daughter who continues to show me what love is through their very being, I love you!

Foreword

There are things that women go through in life that sometimes a man may not understand. However, if he only knew what happens to us before we walk down the aisle or before he meets us in the club, his approach to us would probably be different. He would not scream out those names that society has named us. He would not put his hands in uninvited areas. He would not speak to us as if we are some worthless piece of paper laying on the side of the road. He would be more respectful.

This is my attempt to not only educate but reach out and touch the many women who have been keeping secrets their wholes lives—not because they wanted to but because they had to. Ladies, no longer do you have to cry on the inside from the pain and agony of a childhood disaster. No longer do you have to ask your husband to understand why you do certain things. He will read this and realize that what