Harvest Time: The Sixth Generation: A Haunting Story You Will Never Forget

By Sally Hubbard McCarthy

How does true-life horror become happily ever? How does one process the notion of being cursed, and more importantly, being the only hope of breaking the curse?This is the complex and layered story of a trio of sisters, the sixth generation of an unthinkable lineage. They vowed to be the last cursed and are determined that their children, the seventh generation, will never inherit the family's pedophiliac legacy. Sally Hubbard, the oldest sister, shares the painful walk down memory lane and her own evolution as a victim, survivor, and advocate for women's issues.Before the age of three, Sally knew the world she lived in was not safe. She was born in West Texas amid chaos and deeply flawed relatives who were human landmines of sexual, physical and emotional abuse. They inflicted deep wounds on themselves and their offsprings, including Sally and her younger siblings. Sally was the product of two young people, her father Dale and mother Lucille, each a victim of rape at a very young age. Dale attempted suicide at the age of twelve, shooting himself in the heart and barely missing. Lucille was void of all memories of her life before the age of nine. This dysfunctional couple brought Sally into the world, along with her two biological sisters and a slew of half-siblings born out of affairs.Lucille's mother, Cora, died of cancer when Sally was around three years old. Dale and Lucille then dragged Lucille's father, Alby, to various towns along with Lucille's three siblings. While both the maternal and paternal side of her family contribute to the molestation and abuse, the main perpetrators were Grandpa Alby (maternal) and great uncle, Uncle Jerry (paternal). These two men singlehandedly shattered the innocence of multiple children, Sally included. Neither paid for the hideous crimes they committed.Along the way, Dale dragged others into the circle created in this turmoil, including his children's fourteen-year-old old babysitter with whom he started an affair and ultimately impregnated. Dale, as a victim of abuse, became an abuser of his children, the women who loved him, and the young men around him.Sally watched these dynamics through the eyes of a confused child. She suffered the loss of her mother and her father. She learned her grandfather began an affair with the same babysitter her dad had impregnated. One horrible morning in West Texas, seven-year-old Sally was in a terrible car accident that even further shattered an already fragile family. She witnessed how final and cruel death can be. She is forced to watch as her baby brother was given away to strangers.Yet through it all, Sally finds beautiful moments and falls in love with her deaf, mute, and almost blind Aunt DeeDee who enjoys her place in the world against all odds.How did Sally handle such an unspeakable childhood? It dawns on her that the women in her family grew up in a world where children and women were treated as property. No one escaped the pain of separation, betrayal and abuse that pervades both sides of the family ... except for Sally, who ran away at sixteen. Sally eventually made her way through college and became a registered nurse. Still, the collateral damage wrapped itself around her. Her siblings, aunts, uncles, and cousins were impacted in devastating ways. Mental illness and distrust marked the ones she loves and wrecks their lives. An uncle who was six months older attempted to end his life by drinking Drano mixed with water. In fact, several male relatives died before their time.This is a story of how a nearly broken little girl continued to put one foot in front of the other as she moved through life and ultimately found within herself the empowered voice of a woman with the strength to withstand all her pain, the dignity to understand and learn from it, and the courage to reveal it to us freely and openly.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1092875530
• ISBN13: 9781092875530
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"