Escaping My Demons recounts Joseph Fagarazzi’s experience growing up in an abusive household. Childhood is supposed to be a time of joy and innocence, but for many people, it can also be a period of trauma and abuse. Growing up believing he wouldn’t achieve anything, this book is the story of how Joseph was able to escape his demons and find the path to recovery through strength and perseverance. We asked Joseph some questions about his book to learn a little more!
What is the PRIMARY benefit, above all others that your potential reader will gain from reading this book?
The purpose of writing my book, Escaping My Demons, is to help victims of physical and mental abuse survive by moving forward with their lives. In doing so, I want to raise awareness and expose biased parents for the psychological damage and hurt they impose on their children, like I had experienced.
If you had to compare this book to any other book out there, which book would it be?
There are similarities to Adult Children of Abusive Parents by Steven Palmer. The book is not the same but the principles and the emphasis are based on the abuse and sufferance endured by the child and the mental effect it has on the rest of the child’s life.
Hundreds of thousands of books come out every year. Why should someone buy THIS book?
Escaping My Demons is about my past, but not just about me, it’s about others who have or are experiencing similar demoralizing emotional issues. From me, they will learn how to overcome them and thus become survivors by moving forward to greener pastures.
My book will teach victims to be at their best and succeed in life as I have. It’s about them becoming self-sufficient and learning to start believing in themselves and persisting to follow their dream that will eventually help them to become great achievers.
Consider my book a survival, life-changing kit. Written by someone that has experienced it all himself and through all the knockbacks managed to succeed, survive, and become a successful, retired businessman.
Who is your target audience?
My target is all age groups, everyone and anyone that has experienced childhood trauma as well as the biased parents that purposely destroyed their child’s mental ability to grow and prosper.
As childhood trauma can be inherited by being neglected by your family, or being sexually, physically, or mentally abused. As an adult, you will find this treatment of abuse will continue to be memorable and will constantly play like a video recorded in your mind.
Did your environment or upbringing play a major role in your writing and did you use it to your advantage?
Absolutely! My upbringing and being physically and mentally abused by my father have played a major role in becoming an author and, I believe, in expressing myself the way I have.
Tell us your most rewarding experience since publishing your work.
The most rewarding thing for me is having received many messages from my readers describing how I have inspired them and this to me is like receiving a golden Oscar.
How would you describe your writing style?
My writing style I believe it to be descriptive, it comes from within. It derives from the hurt that I endured from my family intermittently for years. It’s a true sense of how my heart feels whilst writing. There were times whilst putting pen to paper writing my memoir a tear would fall from my face.
Are your characters pure fiction, or did you draw from people you know?
The characters in my book are real. It’s of my past… My life… My story!
Are you more of a character artist or a plot-driven writer?
I guess you could say I am plot-driven considering I had to plot my escape from my Demon.
What do you hope to accomplish with your book other than selling it?
My book is not about the selling side of it, it’s about helping victims of physical and mental abuse get rid of their demons and not having to wait as long as I did to move on with their lives.
How can our readers get in touch with you?
My reader can contact me through
or my website, www.josephfagarazziauthor.com
