Light in Bandaged Places

Raised in an emotionally absent Lutheran household, shy, introverted fourteen-year-old Liz Fink mistakes manipulative grooming for genuine affection when her thirty-two-year-old eighth-grade teacher showers her with attention, leading to a sexual affair. In the years following, Liz repeats a pattern of unsuitable and, often inappropriate relationships, believing herself incapable of forming connections before realizing her behavior results from the trauma she experienced as a teenager. LIGHT IN BANDAGED PLACES is an exceedingly candid, inspiring, and absorbing portrait of Liz Kinchen’s journey of self-discovery, understanding, and acceptance.