Authorpreneur Dashboard – Anthony Dallmann-Jones
Crabapple
Biographies & Memoirs
Boys explode in one year. Just after eight their brain actually grows in size and with that comes the ability to think abstractly and then enthusiastically test their mortality -- because up to now they knew they were invincible! The tables are turned and the fun and drama begins. CRABAPPLE is the story of a little nine-year old Southern boy with abusive and neglectful parents who fortuitously meets a mysterious, dark woman in a cottage near his school. She takes him into her witch's cottage and begins to instruct the boy about life. His hopes restored and vital lessons learned - with some humor and a lot of drama -makes this very entertaining to read. Readers applaud it and it is the ideal gift "for the guy who has everything" because he, too, was nine once and fondly remembers the zeal and enthusiasm of those creative days when boys suddenly came to life.
Book Bubbles from Crabapple
Hope is exponential power.
I quoted Alice Miller because she is the first clinical psychologist with an apparent heart. She sees the dilemma from the child's eyes, the devastating loop of: "My caregivers keep me alive as long as I agree with them. My caregivers tell me I am to blame due to my inferiority. Therefore, I must be inferior and yet lucky to have a caregiver who still provides for me." If this cycle is not broken yet another convict, mental patient, sociopath, or flaming codependent will be created. Another voice needs to be heard if this cycle is to be broken. It is the only thing that will save a child of abuse and neglect. The book, CRABAPPLE ~ A true Story of Hope
The Magnified Drama of Childhood
I have tried to capture the gritty spirit of reality in the nine year-old's world. Some seem to but I cannot forget how everything seemed magnified x 100 when compared to how it appeared to adults. Many times we were told to 'Stop exaggerating' or we were 'just imagining things'. The near painful urgency of childhood events cannot just be dismissed. Kids learn to hide their world from adults as their realities are not welcome and they are often chided for having an interpretation of life just as valid as anyone's. In CRABAPPLE I use different voices and memories to help the reader FEEL what it was like at the time of so they, too, can feel a bit vindicated for thinking their world was real. Because it WAS. Humor and drama are perspectives and I wanted the reader to enjoy the trip down memory lane and feel young once again in a magical world.
