About the Book I am four years old. Covered with freckles. Called "Turkey-Egg" because of them. I hate it. "I can cure those freckles if you promise not to tell," whispers Granddad. The freckle cure begins. "If you tell," he whispers, "it will kill your mother." This threat, repeated many times, causes anxiety and fear that my behaviours will, somehow, kill Mummy. As abuse escalates, the need to develop another personality increases, until five people share my mind. I keep that secret for fifty years. Then, a mental burnout bursts the dam of silence. Secrets tumble out. The five personalities who share my mind find their voices.

About the Author

"I lived on a farm near Rochfort Bridge in northern Alberta for my first sixty years. This book discloses the incest I experienced in childhood. Those repressed memories were recalled and written, shown to a psychiatrist, and therapy followed. My recovery was a miracle."

Borealis books by Ardith Trudzik:

If You Tell … it will kill your mother
Core of My Apple
Freckles: a child's life