SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE: EXTRAORDINARY, STRONG HUMAN BEINGS An Excerpt from the LETTER TO MY READERS which appeared at the end of my memoir,  “No Tears for my Father”  along with statistics regarding sexual abuse of children according to data gathere...

WHY THERE WERE NO TEARS FOR MY FATHER ON THE DAY HE DIED An Excerpt from the “Aftermath and Afterthoughts” at the conclusion to the memoir, “No Tears for my Father”  Vigaland Book Podcast #19 of the Memoir, “No Tears for my Father” Today’s Podcast,

THE POSSESSIVE ABUSER A reading of the second half of Chapter 15, “High School” from the memoir, “No Tears for my Father”  Vigaland Book Podcast #18 of the Memoir, “No Tears for my Father” Throughout my high school years…and for several years after,

INCEST VICTIM ENTERS HIGH SCHOOL A reading of the first half of Chapter 15, “HIGH SCHOOL” from the memoir, “No Tears for my Father”  Vigaland Book Podcast #17 of the Memoir, “No Tears for my Father”   Entering high school was as big an event back in th...

GRADUATION DAY for a VICTIM OF INCEST A reading of Chapter 14, “Graduation” from the memoir, “No Tears for my Father”  Vigaland Book Podcast #16 of the Memoir, “No Tears for my Father”   In today’s world, Graduation from Grade 8 has become much fancier...

WHY I GREW UP BELIEVING I WAS UGLY! A reading from Chapter 13: “UGLY”… from the Memoir, “No Tears for my Father” Vigaland Book Podcast #15 of the Memoir, “No Tears for my Father” I grew up believing I was ugly.

HOW CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSERS JUSTIFY THEIR ACTIONS “The RATIONALE”: Chapter 12 of  “No Tears for my Father” Vigaland Book Podcast #14 of the Memoir, “No Tears for my Father”    An abuse victim who has read my book, NO TEARS FOR MY FATHER,

NIGHTMARES & SEXUAL ABUSE  Vigaland Book Podcast of the Memoir, “No Tears for my Father” – Chapter 11 Today, February 13, 2017, is my birthday. I’ve now lived 71 years. But for 13 or more years of those 71 years,

ADVANCED SEXUAL EDUCATION Vigaland Book Podcast of the Memoir, “No Tears for my Father” – Chapter 10 When you are introduced to sex at an early age by your own father, whom you fear in every way, graduation from Incest 101 to Advanced sex education doe...

INCEST 101 Vigaland Book Podcast #11 of the Memoir,  NO TEARS FOR MY FATHER written and narrated here by Viga Boland It’s another school day morning. But the class in Incest 101 is already over long before the girl sets out for the elementary school wh...