THE RED SANDS OF ALAQUA

The Red Sands Of Alaqua;A True Life Story of Kathryn Cosson. After a brief childhood in California,a young girl makes her way across the nation to settle in Defuniak Springs,Florida with her mother and her new husband. Soon,the security and loving environment once enjoyed is broken,and life in the South is brutally introduced;sex,drugs,abuse,neglect. a After years of treatment for an eating disorder,the character is forced into a marriage arranged by her family. Thirteen years and four children bend and twist along the horrifying line to divorce,leaving a single mother back in. The Red Sands Of Alaqua is a powerful description of life in Defuniak Springs, Flordia. Basing the book on her personal experiences, Kathryn Cosson spotlights a central conflict of small, hidden districts in the South; domestic abuse. From an eating disorder to being hostage to an entire family, her images illuminate the dark and realistic horrors of child abuse and spouse abuse.