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This happened to me…in the 90’s. It was incredibly damaging. Then I saw a PBS documentary in the early 2000s about the tsunami of psychiatric drug prescriptions for children and a light popped on. Fast forward to my first “IRL” experiences with teen girls identifying as boys and receiving “treatment” that seemed medieval in its brutality and lack of logic, and the connection between the schema at play were instantly obvious to me. I have literally been waiting since about 2014 for someone to write this book and it’s no coincidence that your last book was about ROGD! Two aspects of the same disturbing trend in our society of handing the reins to kids and throwing out everything previously known about healthy psychological development.

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Abigail, audiobooks recorded by authors are often my favorite, although I'm sure it's an immense amount of work, especially for someone without a broadcast or voice acting background.

Well... one exception: Stephen King should not do his own audio books.

Years ago I checked out an audiobook for Charlotte's Web from the library. The opening was "This is a tale of the barn. I wrote it for children and to amuse myself. Now I'll read it to you." E.B. White recorded the book himself, and it was marvelous.

Congratulations on getting your second book published, and for thereby thumbing your nose at all the members of the ruling class who tried to declare you irredeemable the first time around.

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