Alone My Dark Days is a powerful look at childhood. The story related is dark and sorrowful at times, full of heartache, loneliness, fear, terror, isolation, and terrible anxiety. It surely manages to show the resilience of a child, and transformation to adulthood in an uplifting way. Unique and therapeutic. If you have ever been hurt you will feel this story to your very bones.
This is Shay’s raw and compelling foray into his own childhood, a narrative of survival. Although the subject matter can be difficult, he felt an overpowering sense of release by writing the story and sincerely hopes that it in some way helps those who have been dealt a rough hand in life.
In his own words-