Eyes of a Child

Lena Smith, an impoverished seven-year-old girl hopelessly trapped in a waking nightmare. A harsh custody battle with horrific charges of child abuse. A desperate father in a race against time to save his little girl from the wrath of a self-hating mother whose cruelty knows no boundaries. Acts of violence and adultery are commonplace. Lena is tormented with tangled family loyalties and with time, her mother reveals to Lena's disbelief and sadness, her own childhood trauma of sexual abuse. Acclaimed author James Haddad brilliantly depicts the manipulative, predatory behavior of a female child abuser in this heart-throbbing thriller.