{"id":3692,"date":"2015-09-10T08:44:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T15:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=3692"},"modified":"2015-09-07T18:45:41","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T01:45:41","slug":"reading-shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2015\/09\/10\/reading-shame\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading &#8211; Shame"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2625,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1iqVkAX&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1iqVkAX&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Shame caused by sexual abuse does not pass that easily. 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