Summary of Misty Griffin's Tears of the Silenced

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#1 I was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to a rather unusual couple. My mother was the seventeen-year-old girlfriend of her former stepfather, who was only twenty-eight-years-old himself. I was not their first child, and I was the brand new sister to a two-year-old boy.

#2 I was four years old when I was attacked by a dog. The next day, I was in a hospital room with my mother, who was standing over me. I had a long scar running from my left temple to my mid-cheek, another under my right eye, and several stitches on the back of my head where the dog’s upper eye-teeth had sunk in. I was never the same.

#3 I was taken to a new home by a man named Brian, who told me that my mother had said I was very intelligent. I was placed in the middle of the back seat of his jeep, and we drove north into the Bradshaw Mountains of northern Arizona. We arrived at a tiny trailer, where I saw a tiny thirteen-foot trailer next to a tall mine shaft.

#4 I was with my mother and sister when I was switched to a new family, who were not as nice as the first. They were strict, and I was not allowed to talk to or play with other children. I was also punished for every little thing, and my mother would either participate in the punishment or just watch.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822549142

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#1

I was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to a rather unusual couple. My mother was the seventeen-year-old girlfriend of her former stepfather, who was only twenty-eight-years-old himself. I was not their first child, and I was the brand new sister to a two-year-old boy.

#2

I was four years old when I was attacked by a dog. The next day, I was in a hospital room with my mother, who was standing over me. I had a long scar running from my left temple to my mid-cheek, another under my right eye, and several stitches on the back of my head where the dog’s upper eye-teeth had sunk in. I was never the same.

#3

I was taken to a new home by a man named Brian, who told me that my mother had said I was very intelligent. I was placed in the middle of the back seat of his jeep, and we drove north into the Bradshaw Mountains of northern Arizona. We arrived at a tiny trailer, where I saw a tiny thirteen-foot trailer next to a tall mine shaft.

#4

I was with my mother and sister when I was switched to a new family, who were not as nice as the first. They were strict, and I was not allowed to talk to or play with other children. I was also punished for every little thing, and my mother would either participate in the punishment or just watch.

#5

I lived with my mother and sister in a 13-foot trailer in the Bradshaw Mountains. I was not a perfect child, but I was not selfish. I was always quiet, and no one noticed the sad looks on my face or the angry looks I would give Brian when he stared at me.

#6

I had a horrible, piercing pain in the left side of my rib cage when I was picked up by my mother after playing in the sawdust. I was in terrible pain, and the motion of the truck was making it even worse. I could not help but scream.

#7

I was left in the back of a pickup truck as my parents moved from town to town with the gold mining industry. I was always in pain, and my sister and I were often left alone. One day, we were given candy suckers to test our obedience. We unwrapped them, but instead of eating them, we put them back in their wrappers.

#8

I was so excited to be moving to Washington State with my sister. We had little, but we were beginning a new life. We felt we were beginning a new life, and it might be better because we would no longer be so isolated.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

I was six and a half when I arrived in Washington. I was excited to smell and hear the ocean, but my mother and brother made me understand that I was not allowed to talk to anyone or make any noise when I was being punished.

#2

My mother and aunt did not like each other at all. My mother had been raised in the Mississippi backwoods, and was not as refined as Aunty Laura. She did not know anything about education, so she was not going to send me to school.

#3

After the incident with Aunty Laura, Mamma began gaining more control over Grandpa. She began controlling what he ate and where he went. She told him he would get sicker if he did not follow her instructions.

#4

I loved the Bible, and wanted to be a good girl. However, I knew there was something not quite right about what Brian and my mother were preaching to us. It did not fit with the scriptures they were reading to us.

#5

I was very lonely and sad, and I longed to be like the other girls in the family who were allowed to go outside and play. I was confined to the trailer with my sister, who was also very lonely and sad.

#6

I was not used to being around other children, so I usually stayed at my desk during class. I was not allowed to play with other children, so when I was at school, all I did was sit at my desk. I was terrified of everything and everyone.

#7

I loved Washington State. It was so green and alive with wildlife. I had no order in how I did my homeschooling, and my progress was slow and