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The Black Mask
Unmasking the effects of domestic abuse, educational disadvantage, violence and homelessness.
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About the chapter
The Black Mask “unmasks” the effects of childhood domestic abuse and violence, youth violence, educational disadvantage and homelessness.
For Matt Vapor, these effects manifested in a Black Mask of terror, which he used to mask his trauma, but to also hide his true emotions from the outside world.
This book explores Matt’s first hand experiences of domestic abuse and violence, youth violence, educational disengagement and disadvantage, leading to home becoming homeless at 16 and sleeping rough.
It’s a unique insight into dealing with the lasting effects of trauma and what it’s taken to remove the Black Mask.
Before you read
This chapter describes childhood abuse, family violence and homelessness directly. It is drawn from life, and it does not soften. Read it when you have the room for it.
More about the book
The Black Mask is a three-book memoir series. The sample above is one chapter of it.