Stephen Mills, author of "Chosen: A Memoir of Stolen Boyhood" and Norene Roberts

Stephen Mills with Norene Roberts
Chosen
Friday, April 29 at 6 p.m. PDT :: Virtually Hosted by Elliott Bay Book Company
A writer and activist who has been involved in human rights, civil liberties, and environmental issues over the years, including being co-author of the award-winning Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees, Stephen Mills tells a harrowing, ultimately transcendent, triumphant story of surviving childhood sexual abuse in Chosen: A Memoir of Stolen Boyhood (Metropolitan). "An unparalleled achievement, a work of shattering, almost unbearable radiance. I did not stop crying throughout. For Mills. For my young self. For all of us who have lived and continue to live in that pitiless abyss of childhood abuse. To read this courageous book is to be transformed utterly by Mills's empathy, resilience, and grace. Mark my words: Chosen is destined to be a classic because this is a book that will save lives."-Junot Díaz. "In a lean, sharp telling that is as propulsive as it is painful, Chosen relates a devastating story of childhood sexual assault and one man’s Herculean reclamation of his adult life. Mills also illuminates the silent brotherhood of boys whose shame and pain remain unreached by our institutions and our conversations, even by the benevolent efforts of the #MeToo movement. There's a very good chance that this constantly surprising, urgent book will save lives."-Lacy Crawford.
With Stephen Mills in conversation this evening will be Norene Roberts, the Team Facilitator for the The Children’s Justice Center of King County (CJCKC), which helps ensure safety for children, healing for victims, and justice for the community in cases of child sexual and physical abuse.
More information and resources here: stephenmillsauthor.com/