In ""After the Darkness"" Dr. Candace Nadine Breen, PhD, shares how she overcame childhood trauma, sexual abuse and rape to her present role as a leader and teacher.""After the Darkness"" is an amazing story of a West African American woman from Providence, Rhode Island who was born of slave descendants from Alabama and Georgia. The author tells maternal abandonment, paternal incest, abuse and her escape to freedom. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger This story of hope and healing for anyone who has experienced abuse will give the reader awareness ""We are not alone.""The author describes her experience of being almost killed, of fighting for her life and her eventual triumph and ability to live a beautiful married life and become a devoted mother of two children.""After the Darkness"" is an inspirational story that will move you, and change you | After the Darkness by Candace Nadine Breen, Paperback | Indigo Chapters