In the Shadow of Eight is the first account of a secret childhood lived in the gaps between the frames. Collin is finally sharing the truth about being held down, the basement cell where he was hidden for years, and the cocktail of powerful antipsychotics forced on an eleven-year-old boy. This is a reckoning with the dark side of fame: the systems, the entourage, and the institutions that allowed one boy to be erased. This is the never before told story of how he escaped and found his way back from the dark.
In The Shadow of Eight
Written By Collin Gosselin
Review By Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews
Oh when I heard Collin Gosselin was writing a book to tell his side of his story In The Shadow of Eight I immediately ran to my local library and put a hold on the book!! If you know me in real life you know I love all things pop culture, reality shows and all things celebrities. I admit I did watch the show but not religiously. However, I did stay up to date on all the drama that was featured on the tabloids and caught a few episodes of Kate on Dancing with the Stars. Needless to say I was very interested to hear/read what he had to say about what really happened when the cameras were not rolling and things got real.
Terri Sirma did an incredible job with the cover design and SSTK/Splash with the cover photo. It was the perfect picture to pick that sums up what a cruel person Kate is. Just seeing that cover and the title only wanted me to read it even more.
Collin is firm on this book isn’t just about what happened to him. It is about when children are not heard like he was! In this dedication he speaks right from his heart to yours.
Collin hooked with his preface alone! He starts out by explaining something intense that happened to him when he was just eleven years old. He then goes into introducing himself and how you may know him from his tv reality show. In The Shadow of Eight you will find out what really happened when the camera’s stopped rolling, the shocking behind the scenes shots, and stories they didn’t show on tv.
There were some scenes that were emotionally difficult to read as graphic in nature and my heart went out to Collin.
I enjoyed seeing the pictures that Collin enclosed of him and his family throughout the years. It was nice to put the names with the faces.
After reading this book you will be looking at Kate in a whole new light than you did before! There were so many times I wanted to reach out to Collin and give him a hug! Nobody should have gone through the childhood he went through like he did! What she did was wrong on many levels. If anyone needed counseling it is Kate. However, at the end of the book she shares her thoughts which I find very interesting.
This is definitely a must read book that many will be talking about! There is so much I want to say about this book but I don’t want to give anything away!
