User:Annie O'Sullivan

BIO

Annie O’Sullivan was born in the New England area in. Growing up in a military family she travelled much of the US with her family as they followed her father’s military career. Soon after graduating from high school she left to serve in the USMC. While on active duty she married had two children attained the rank of Sergeant and ultimately entered therapy. In the end Annie would log two years on disabilit, ten years of counseling,private, group and hospitalization. She received a BSLS in Administrative Management and Human Development and went on to earn two Graduate Degrees, a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Public Administration. She currently resides in the Western United states where she works in Land Management and lives with her dog, cat and fish. Her children and grandchildren are successful and all doing well proving that the chain of abuse can be broken. Against the odds, Life is Good,

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW is a collection of short stories built around art therapy, old photos, and the memories of a child. It drops you into the mind of the child as she tells her shocking story from a very different and important point of view; hers. The reader is taken on an intimate life journey through the eyes of this child’s confusion, misunderstanding, will to persevere, and seek goodness in the world. It’s the true story of careening through her life with her dysfunctional family as she experiences violence and abuse without a compass, to ultimately, against all odds, prosper. It is also the story of the toll taken 50 years later on the body, caused by mental and physical abuse. This is not your typical survivor story. You won’t be able to put it down. “Can You Hear Me Now” is the voice of a child you as you have never heard it before.

This book is presently being published in parts. Part I and Part II are available on Amazon Kindle, Mobi Books, www.ireadiwrite.com.