Part 3, 'I trusted him.' Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Friends and Acquaintances: Karen Asherah, Daddy Kanagy; Naomi Schwartz, The Peaches of My Childhood; and Miriam Monasch, The Fourth of July Summary and Analysis

In Daddy Kanagy, Karen Asherah tells the reader how her mother got a job and enrolled her and her brother in the day care the Kanagys, a retired couple, ran. Karen's mother greatly admired Daddy Kanagy and often held him up as an example of a respectable male adult. This confused Karen when Daddy Kanagy would touch her but the touches made her feel uncomfortable. Karen did not tell her mother about these incidences until she was older because she did...