The Journey to Surrender . . .

   Book author Hazel Mills has penend two novels, Bare Necessities and Journey to Surrender, and she'll be discussing her books plus the emotional societal issue of sexual abuse.

   According to an article featuring Robin Stone, a survivor of sexual abuse, "One study found that 66 percent of pregnant teens reported a history of sexual abuse. At the extreme are self-mutilation, substance abuse and suicide. Studies show that survivors are more likely to experience depression than women who weren't abused; the longer the abuse lasts and the more violent, the more severe the problems. And blacks experience depression at greater rates than whites, and women experience the illness at higher rates than men."