Liberating Yourself from the Tight Chains of the Past
Photo by Aida L on Unsplash The past holds us captive, binding us with chains of regret, pain, and trauma. The chains of the past can cast a long shadow over our present and hinder our ability to embrace a brighter future. However, within the depths of our being...
Novels About Fear Focus on Children With Kids Overcoming It
Photo by cottonbro studio Many novels about fear focus on children, which is sad because of how much abuse some of them experience. Author Cynthia J. Giachino wrote Quiet. Fear., an autobiographical novel about fear focused on her real-life experience. There are a lot...
How Does a Toxic Family Affect an Individual Growing Up?
Photo by RDNE Stock project How a toxic family affects an individual? Growing up in a toxic family can profoundly impact a person's life. Some signs may indicate such an upbringing, highlighting the need for healing and self-awareness. Not all families are perfect,...
How a Toxic Family Operates: There’s No Place Like Home
Photo by Two Dreamers In the story of Quiet Fear, readers are initially led to believe that Lilly's life with her family is idyllic, but sometimes there's no place like home. There's no place like home, they say, but that can mean entirely different things...
Start Afresh: Moving on From the Past
Photo by Hailey Kean on Unsplash They say nobody truly succeeds without acknowledging the past, but what if that past is what holds people back? Often, people find themselves prisoners of their past; when this happens, there’s nothing left to do but start afresh. “The...
Quiet. Fear.: A Dark Look at the Heart of Humanity
Photo by Marcelo Jaboo Quiet Fear.: The Autobiographical Novel by Cynthia J. Giachino is a raw look at the horrors and darkness that inhabit the human psyche and the cruelty it's capable of. By writing Quiet. Fear.: An Autobiographical Novel, it is the goal...