Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse

Perhaps best known for his widely circulatedarticles on parenting, gay parenting, and surviving abuse, GRANT GARRIS visits Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse with hisstartling memoir, UNDER THE RED VELVETCOVER: Conquering Victimhood and Breaking the Silence of Abuse, Corruption, andFamily Secrets – My Life Journey. This event is free and open to the public.

UNDER THE RED VELVET COVER is Garris’ moving memoirrecounting his early years of childhood abuse. Difficult to read, yetimpossible to put down, Garris details molestation, the physical torture, andthe sadistic mental manipulation that are the all-too-common arsenal of thosewho harm children – and those who protect them as they harbor a family’s dirtysecret. Standing against a monster and refusing to be deterred by the intricatefamily ties and powerful political connections of a Southern family thatthreatened to sacrifice their own children to the altar of public image, Garrischose to prevail.

He movingly recounts the surprising support systemthat evolved in his journey, including a seemingly powerless domestic servant,strangers, and a few courageous loved ones, all of whom dropped into his lifeat precisely the right moments. UNDER THE RED VELVET COVER is not a narrative of victimhood, nor is it a rosytale of happy endings tied up in a neat package. Rather, it is the gritty, raw,and sometimes wonderful reality of conquering adversity.

Garris spent more than eight years completing thismemoir. A public advocate for diversity and equality, he uses his talents byspeaking, writing, and serving as a mentor. His topics include diversity,adoption, recognizing behavior of abuse, surviving abuse, and parenting issues.He has a degree in psychology and a corporate background in industrial andorganizational psychology, and founded the Web site, www.AVillageToRaise.com. He is an adoptivefather, along with his partner, of two special needs children. They live in Atlanta. www.UnderTheRedVelvetCover.com.

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Under the Red Velvet Cover - Signed Edition

$24.99

Model: BEC9781449069117

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