“When The Light Finds Us” is a gripping new addition to the memoir genre. Judy Henderson’s story, in the expert hands of ghostwriter Jimmy Soni, eloquently tells her journey from a rough beginning through abuse after abuse, culminating in a 36-year sentence of wrongful imprisonment. Reflecting on her life, she believes the “light” found her at her darkest time, and her faith sustained her when all seemed lost.
We meet Henderson at 8 years old, moving with her family from state to state as her father looked for work. Finally settled in a Missouri home without running water, Henderson took over the daily chores and helped raise her younger siblings. When her father’s alcoholic rage took hold, no one was safe from his angry blows. Many times, the author shielded her siblings and took the beatings herself. Before leaving high school, Henderson endured the additional trauma of her father’s breakdown and being sexually abused by the local pastor. She'd even attempted suicide.
