Shirley Aumack is a native of Monmouth County and author of the book, Please Believe Me: Finding My Voice and Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse. The book traces Ms. Aumack’s lifelong struggle to cope with and heal from a childhood taken from her by an abusive father and a distant mother. In her book she recounts how desperately she searched for someone to tell. The memory of her search for help led her to donate proceeds from her book to the Friends of the Monmouth County Child Advocacy Center.

The book, entitled Please Believe Me: Finding My Voice and Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse, is available on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Please-Believe-Me-Surviving-Childhood/dp/1944297626, and many other booksellers.