Richardson's DON'T TELL Reveals Important Teenage Issues

Author Renee Richardson pens a riveting story based from an intense and untoward sequence of events that occurred to her and her family in the year 2011. A striking account demanding immediate attention and guidance from parents for their teens, Don't Tell brings to light the underlying theme of teenage mental illness and its manifestations, including depression, male anorexia and cutting or self-harm, as well as incidences of rape, bullying and abuse.

Teenagers today face a plethora of challenges; some they can handle, others they fail to deal with. It is not strange nor is it a surprise when teens suddenly find themselves in a crisis, in consequence of the demands of a bent and fast-paced society and the stress and pressure associated with it. On top of that, teenage life is never steady. That alone is one complex thing to cope with.

A revealing and contemporary book, this story gyrates in a gripping series of events caused by the author's son's troubled girlfriend. She confesses to Nick, Richardson's son, that one of her classmates took advantage and raped her one day at the beach. From that event on, all hell starts breaking lose to a certain point where she heartlessly abuses Nick and starts bullying his innocent sister.

Sorting through the details of her rape allegation, it later becomes apparent that her story has been inconsistent all the while. They find loopholes which render her narrative or her lie-or whatever it is called-fabricated and untruthful. With Nick now suffering depression, anorexia and cutting, Richardson is determined to put a stop to her flimflams and boorishness.

"We must become better informed as a society about the clues to mental illness, male anorexia, and cutting and get help for people with these issues," the author notes.

An up-to-date and eye-opening story, Don't Tell is a book worth one's time and attention.

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About the Author
Renee Richardson lives in Massachusetts. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Boston with a Bachelors Degree in History, with an interest in Psychology. She resides with her husband, children, and daughter in-law in a home on the South Shore. When she has the availability, she travels with her family and golf's with her husband in her leisure time.

Don't Tell * by Renee Richardson
Publication Date: April 8, 2013
Trade Paperback; $15.99; 65 pages; 978-1-4836-1310-9
Trade Hardback; $24.99; 65 pages; 978-1-4836-1311-6
eBook; $3.99; 978-1-4836-1312-3

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