What is it we cannot hold in our hands that holds us like a fist? This is the question that June, Reni and Sandy must answer. Each of them only wants to return to college to study and write poetry, but the circumstances of their lives make this impossible. Sentencing Silence chronicles a journey of self-discovery through the aftermath of sexual abuse toward breaking the silence that holds a trophy wife, a call girl, and a factory worker captive in the traumatic pasts that thwart their dreams. Sentencing Silence is a 2019 National Indie Excellence Award Finalist in Literary Fiction.