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Reviewed by Joe Wisinski for Readers' Favorite
There's a Glob on my Wing by Marion Joile Lincoln tells the story of her daughter’s sexual abuse. Lincoln describes how her daughter struggled emotionally from the time she was very young. Even when she was just two and a half years old, she showed an aversion to the abuser. However, Lincoln was unaware of the abuse, so she didn’t know why her daughter showed that antipathy. The book also covers the indifference of the court system. Lincoln says the courts often ignored her concerns. The author tells her story from several perspectives: herself as a mother, herself in her role as a professional, an omniscient narrator, and, of course, from the child’s viewpoint. Lincoln currently lives in Australia, but acknowledges that abuse exists in all parts of the world.
There's a Glob on my Wing by Marion Joile Lincoln must have been an extraordinarily difficult story to tell. But it’s an important book because it will bring awareness to two factors that are too often overlooked—sexual abuse and society’s ignoring of it. It’s especially noteworthy that Lincoln herself worked in the field of protecting children, which is a critical part of her message—it’s too easy not to see that abuse is occurring, even when we should see that it is. Because Lincoln tells her story in great detail, it’s not for the faint of heart. I’m sure that writing the book must have been therapeutic, though, and it will also help those who are in similar circumstances. I recommend this book to all who are concerned when they hear about children who may be undergoing abuse.
