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The books behind this work

The research and the story that led here. We link out to buy — we do not sell from this site.

01 — 2026

Greater Than Gravity

The source behind the figures on this site: The mortality analysis, the years-of-life-lost calculation, and the case that childhood trauma is the leading root cause of death in America.

02 —

The Kite That Couldn't Fly

The memoir. Kankakee, fourteen children, and the childhood that eventually explained everything else.

03 — 2026

Bleeding in the Pews

What happens when the wound is inflicted, or buried, inside a faith community.

04 — FORTHCOMING

Bleeding in the Boardroom

The $2 trillion a year that childhood trauma costs the American economy, and what employers can do about it.

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