Trauma Face

Trauma Face: An Autobiography

"The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth." - African Proverb

In the grey, industrial landscape of 1980s Tranmere, four-year-old Jayden Josh James stands at a window, waiting for a mother who will never return. Behind him lies a household governed by the terrifying click of high heels and the volatile rage of a stepmother who views him as a burden. For Jayden, survival means invisibility. To endure the beatings and the cru...