The unexpected element in this book―which falls on it like manna―is its nourishing, exquisite lyricism."―Edmund White, author of A Boy's Own Story cloth: "Walter de Milly has written a sensitive and compelling account of father-son incest. The anger, the love, the evasiveness and jealousy and confusion, the need to dissociate oneself from one's own actions and reactions―all are presented in a harrowing narrative, which is as tragic as a Greek drama and as engrossing as a Victorian novel. Berlin, MD, Director of the National Institute for the Study, Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Trauma "This is the most detailed and utterly plausible account I've ever read of what it feels like to be an abused child, and it is told with cinematic presence and verisimilitude. In spite of the suffering portrayed, the account also gives testimony to the strength of family bonds, and to the courage and resilience of the human spirit."―Fred S. "A sensitive and compelling account of father-son incest. Gartner, author of Beyond Betrayal: Taking Charge of Your Life after Boyhood Sexual Abuse. This paperback edition of In My Father's Arms: A Son's Story of Sexual Abuse adds a reflective preface by the author and a foreword by Richard B.
First paperback edition: To the outside world, Walter de Milly's father was a prominent businessman, a dignified Presbyterian, and a faithful husband to Walter, he was an overwhelming, handsome monster.