Running from the Devil
A Memoir of a Boy Possessed
Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Parenting, Special Needs, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Steve Kissing | ISBN: | 9780824526771 |
| Publisher: | The Crossroad Publishing Company | Publication: | April 1, 2003 |
| Imprint: | The Crossroad Publishing Company | Language: | English |
| Author: | Steve Kissing |
| ISBN: | 9780824526771 |
| Publisher: | The Crossroad Publishing Company |
| Publication: | April 1, 2003 |
| Imprint: | The Crossroad Publishing Company |
| Language: | English |
What's a kid to do when recurring hallucinations lead him to believe that he?s possessed by the devil? In the case of one boy with an over-active imagination and a Catholic parochial school upbringing, you don?t tell a single soul for fear of being ridiculed, sent away for treatment, or perhaps even burned at the stake. Instead, you wage a private holy war against Satan. Based on an award-winning feature story, Running from the Devil is Steve Kissing's poignant, yet humorous, memoir about the remarkable steps he took to hide his condition-later discovered to be epilepsy1and exorcise his demons. The tale is a testament to the power of a child's imagination and religion's influence on an impressionable mind.
What's a kid to do when recurring hallucinations lead him to believe that he?s possessed by the devil? In the case of one boy with an over-active imagination and a Catholic parochial school upbringing, you don?t tell a single soul for fear of being ridiculed, sent away for treatment, or perhaps even burned at the stake. Instead, you wage a private holy war against Satan. Based on an award-winning feature story, Running from the Devil is Steve Kissing's poignant, yet humorous, memoir about the remarkable steps he took to hide his condition-later discovered to be epilepsy1and exorcise his demons. The tale is a testament to the power of a child's imagination and religion's influence on an impressionable mind.
