The Score (Off-Campus Book 3)

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Kerry Kaya’s The Score is a hard-hitting gangland thriller about family strife, ruthless vengeance and dangerous ambition Kimberley Chambers fans are going to lap up. More than half of Australians will experience trauma, most before they turn 17. We need to talk about it Fletch is thrown into the deep end to save his kids. With the help of old friends Fletch battles his past and does whatever he can to keep his family safe and make amends for past deeds… but can he fix things without getting blood on his hands?

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The Body Keeps the Score closes with an extended exploration of alternative forms of treatment. Despite his neuro-biological leanings, van der Kolk does not see medication as the best line of intervention. He contends that effective therapies must target meaning rather than chemistry and allow traumatic memories to be processed rather than blunted.I have loved gangland/gangster type books for years but have never read Kaya before, until this one. I am currently struggling with my reading mojo, personal life stuff, but this managed to yank me out for a bit. Fletch done his crime (avenged his wee brother) and now he is out, he left behind his mrs and two young kids, a boy and a girl. A twenty year stretch is a long time but he left plenty to ensure his family would be set. His girl moved on and his kids grew up, Fletch has no idea what has went down in his absence and not everyone is happy Fletch is out.

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The Score’ is superbly written. Kerry has one of those writing styles that is easy to get used to and easy to get along with. The story opened with one of the most gruesome openings to a story that I have ever come across. If that doesn’t grab your attention then nothing will. The story hits the ground running and maintains a fast and brutal pace throughout. Reading ‘The Score’ felt like being on one hell of a scary and unpredictable rollercoaster ride with several twists and turns along the way. Just when you thought that you could take a moment to reclaim your stomach, take a breather and gather your thoughts then off the action would go again. I felt as though I was part of the story and that’s thanks to Kerry’s very vivid and realistic storytelling. This book is a fast paced thriller and is actually the second book featuring Fletch, a full and riveting book of family complications, violence (opens with a great scene!) love and lies. Though this is the second book and I would highly recommend the first, this could be read as a stand alone. After 22 years in prison for killing his father Fletch is released from prison. All he wants to do is see his kids after all these years hoping that they have done something with their lives and not turn out like him. Waiting for his outside, is his best mate Stevie. Stevie tries talking to Fletch and tell him to take things slowly. But when he finds out what his family has been up to since he has been inside Fletch starts to get angry. His son Austin is just like is dad apart from not realising what the consequences of his actions are and he always seems to be in trouble and what’s worse his daughter has married the notorious Roscoe Taylor. Like Father’s do, Fletch takes upon himself to help Austin get out of the predicament he is in. Later editions of the diagnostic manual loosened the definition to include unpleasant events witnessed indirectly, which are not physically endangering.We learn more about Kit and Austin’s upbringing.. the downfall of their mother and the things they did to survive and within this the author manged to throw in some very good twists.. you know something is coming but the efforts some men will go to in the name of vengeance is unreal.

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As a baby, since you’re unable to care for yourself, you must rely on your caregivers to meet your most basic needs, from food and clothing to safety and comfort. Your attachment—how well your caregivers meet your needs—determines how well you’ll take care of these needs for yourself later in life. Furthermore, the more responsive your caregivers are to you, the more responsive you’ll be to others.One of the lasting impacts of trauma is an inability to develop intimate relationships with others: After experiencing such suffering at the hands of another person, how can you trust anyone again? Trauma’s somatic signature extends beyond the brain. Van der Kolk explains at length how hormonal influences and the vagus nerve, which runs from brain to abdomen and regulates several internal organ functions, reverberate its effects throughout the body. If you enjoy a good gangland thriller and enjoy authors such as Martina Cole, Casey Kelleher, and Jessie Keane amongst others you are in for a treat. Kerry is definitely a contestant for the worthy title of ‘queen of crime writing'. Babies are programmed to form an attachment no matter what, so the quality of that attachment depends upon the kind of caregiver they have. Trauma’s impact is not only mental, emotional, and neurological, but also physiological: Trauma rewires the brain to put people in a constant state of stress or numbness, leading to a host of physical problems.

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Van der Kolk can’t be held entirely responsible for the runaway success of his book or for the runaway semantic inflation and popularity of its central concept. The Body Keeps the Score has been successful because it resonates with its cultural moment, and it has helped to mould that moment for millions of readers. Medication: Using prescription drugs that inhibit trauma survivors’ overactive internal alarm systems, or affect the brain’s chemistry in some other way to alleviate the symptoms of trauma. The Pavilion sub-committee was originally set up to superintend extensions and alterations to the pavilion, although for a time it was responsible for the running of the pavilion, bar etc. The bottom-up approach to treatment uses physical experiences that connect the body and mind. This empowers patients to inhabit their bodies, be present, and learn how they can affect their emotions—all of which help them to counteract feelings of helplessness, rage, and emotional collapse. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) We continue following the characters lives, we get to go on a dangerous journey with them and I love the thrill and the mystery that still exists.If you enjoy the genre of gritty gangland thrillers full of gore, violence, corruption, emotions and families disturbed then this is the next book for you.