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White Picket Monsters: Newfoundland Author Writes Memoir on Childhood Abuse
Bev Moore Davis shares experience with child abuse in ‘White Picket Monsters’
Bev Moore-Davis tells her story of abuse
CBC St. John's Morning Show, May 29, 2020Radio/Podcast
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BEV MOORE DAVIS: Surviving childhood sexual abuse
Soft-spoken Bev Moore-Davis sends loud message about child abuse
She's an N.L. bestseller with her first book — and also helped usher in a body safety program in schools
White Picket Monsters
by Bev Moore Davis
Morvis Group Inc.
April 9, 2021
Raised by a well-respected family, Bev Moore Davis grew up in an ordinary home in the quiet community of Georgetown, Newfoundland and Labrador. Her parents, while being praised for their humanitarianism, lived a life that was far from ordinary in the house behind the white picket fence. A house brimming with shocking family secrets of manipulation, sexual exploitation, and extreme violence.
White Picket Monsters details an extraordinary account of determination, strength, and resilience. Bev's story will inspire you as she not only survived a house of horrors, but defied the odds to start her first business at age 23, compete internationally as a model, and use her voice to speak for other survivors of child abuse.
Biography
Bev Moore Davis is an award-winning advocate and a best-selling author. In 2021, she earned the prestigious title of the number one bestselling author in Newfoundland and Labrador for her debut book, White Picket Monsters. Her memoir details the horrific account of manipulation, sexual exploitation, and extreme violence suffered as a child at the hands of her adopted parents. Her story is one of survival and perseverance.
Bev is the founder of the Miles for Smiles Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the support, awareness, and prevention of child abuse. Her lived experiences and community work provide valuable insight into the crimes of abuse committed against children. Bev established Newfoundland and Labrador's first support group for adult survivors of child abuse in 2011.
She is an entrepreneur, motivational speaker, writer, a trained facilitator in child sexual abuse prevention and holds a position with the Board of Directors for the province's first Child and Youth Advocacy Centre.