Why I Didn't Say Anything

by Sheldon Kennedy

Book Overview

In 1996, Sheldon Kennedy rocked the insular world of Canadian hockey by announcing that his former minor-league coach, Graham James-the Hockey News 1989 Man of the Year-had sexually abused him more than 300 times. The media portrayed Kennedy as a hero for breaking the code of silence in professional hockey and bringing James to justice. The heroic myth intensified in 1998 when Kennedy announced that he was going to in-line skate from Newfoundland...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554830362
• ISBN13: 9781554830367
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Insomniac Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

The After Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Sheldon Kennedy was a hocky player that seemed destined for greatness. He played for Canada's gold-medal-winning at the 1988 World Junior Hockey Championship. Then when he reached the major leagues he fell apart. It never seemed that his skill or talent was too low, but the drinking, drugs and other off the court antics seemed to create an atmosphere doomed for failure. He drifted through three teams in a nine year career, never reaching the heights that seemed within his grasp. Upon his retirement, he announced that during his early years of being coached by Graham James he had been sexually molested by James several hundred times. Most of this book is on the after effects in Kennedy's life as a result of the abuse. It is a story of using drugs and alcohol in an attempt to heal what never should have been in the first place. It was a fierce struggle that is continuing to this day.