
Why I Stayed Silent
Women aren't talking about their sexual assaults. Why aren't we talking about that?
Since 1954
Chris Cander is the USA Today bestselling author of the novels The Young of Other Animals, A Gracious Neighbor, The Weight of a Piano, Whisper Hollow, and 11 Stories, and the children’s picture book The Word Burglar. A former firefighter, Cander holds a fourth dan in tae kwon do and is a certified women’s defensive tactics instructor. She lives in Houston.
Women aren't talking about their sexual assaults. Why aren't we talking about that?
Undoubtedly, mother-daughter relationships are as varied in the Lone Star State as anywhere else on the planet, but in my experience, Texas moms are tough.