NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Dr. Mary Jane Bovo, a leading Board Certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist in Manhattan, today announced the debut of her latest title, A Child Betrayed, a deeply emotional chronicle of her struggle with U.S. child protection agencies. Published by SterlingHouse Publisher, Inc., this is the eighth book in a women's health series by Dr. Bovo, a twenty-year veteran advocate of women's issues.
Inspired by Bovo's own experiences with her grandson's child abuse, A Child Betrayed takes an inside look at the failures and cover-ups inside the nation's Child Protection Service agencies, including the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFUS). Referencing more than 300 hours of interviews and thousands of pages of notes with officials and child experts, Bovo exposes the breakdown at state agencies designed to protect children's rights. In an alarming discovery, A Child Betrayed uncovers that Federal Agency reviews of state child protection services failed to pass in every state; a 100% failure rate.
"Unfortunately, no one is immune to this epidemic," said Dr. Bovo. "Everyone who knows a child is deeply affected by these inadequacies failing our children. Child abuse can manifest itself in the most obvious and ambiguous ways -- everyone needs to be aware of all its ugly forms. A Child Betrayed explores how children are suffering through this horrible experience because agencies designed to protect them turn a deaf ear."
Dr. Mary Jane Bovo, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. is an accomplished physician, author, speaker, and court consultant specializing in women's issues. Dr. Bovo received her medical degree from Pennsylvania State University and served as a chief resident at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania during the mid-eighties. She is currently living and working in Manhattan, New York. As a veteran child abuse/domestic violence reform advocate for more than 20 years, Bovo's medical theories focus on empowering the individual, accepting personal responsibility, and alternative forms of medicine. For more information on the doctor, please visit www.mjbovo.com or www.BookWire.com, where you can read the author's biography as well as a professional book review for A Child Betrayed. A Child Betrayed is visible on Bowker's BooksInPrint.com and available to purchase through all major retail and online bookstores. Author speaking engagements and signings may be arranged by contacting literary agent Renee Duff at 1-201-346-3888 or 1-914-262-9223.