See Jane Fly

by Nicole S. Kluemper

When five-year-old Nicole, already caught in the middle of her parents' contested divorce, returns home from a visit to her mother with accountings of sexual abuse, her father is awarded full custody following the bitter court battle.

Twelve years later, Nicole asks the trial's forensic evaluator for a copy of the video recordings he made as part of his assessment so long ago. She had since forgotten about the abuse, only for the recordings to start to trigger her memory. This recalled memory turns Nicole into the subject of an investigation orchestrated by a morally corrupt memory researcher who will do anything to find evidence to support her own agenda. While fighting to protect her legal right to privacy, Nicole tries to follow through with her own childhood dream of becoming a psychologist as well.

150 pages, Hardcover

Published February 21, 2023

About the author

Nicole (Taus) Kluemper is a clinical psychologist at small community clinic in San Diego, California. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of San Diego, and her doctorate degree in clinical psychology from Alliant International University, San Diego. Dr. Kluemper is a Navy veteran, an author of an article in a peer reviewed journal, and lives just outside of San Diego with Gary, her husband of 13 years, and their dog, Simon.

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.
This memoir is heartbreaking but also uplifting. The author goes through trauma piled on top of trauma and somehow managed to overcome so much. And she accomplishes an impressive number of things in her life. This is told with honesty and heart. Her fight for justice is admirable and I really wish justice had been better served to those that we so incredibly unethical.

[Mellisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

4\5⭐

A beautifully written book. Each chaper Dr. Kluemper shares an important aspect of her life with readers. She speaks to many aspects of her life that have shaped, not defined, her into who she is today.

Thanks you to the publisher and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

[Kimberly Barnes · Rating 4 out of 5]

See Jane Fly by Nicole S. Kluemper, is a memoir focused on the accounts of a young child embroiled in a custody battle between parents. When she was a young child, Nicole accused her mother of sexual molestation, and was filmed by a psychiatrist articulating these accusations. Summarily, Nicole’s mother lost custody and Nicole lived with her father and stepmother. When her father suffered a stroke when she was just 12 years old, Nicole was shuffled between foster homes. As she got older, Nicole couldn’t remember the abuse or what the videos contained. She requested to see the videos in order to try and ascertain exactly what had happened when she was a young child. Also described in this book is the harm that came to Nicole when another psychiatrist began to examine Nicole’s case due to the training videos that were being utilized regarding memory. Although Nicole should have been protected, as victims of sexual abuse should be, her identity was compromised and she began to be the subject of investigation by this other psychiatrist (Dr. Loftus) who was trying to disprove Dr. Corwin (the initial psychiatrist that had videoed Nicole’s allegations). Nicole has suffered throughout this whole experience and even upon reading this story, you feel her pain, suffering, and uncertainty. What a terrible experience for a young child, and later young adult. While Nicole has been able to get her life on track, her story is horrifying to think about, a young child, put in the middle of a domestic situation, eventually left alone, without family. It serves as a cautionary tale for parents that are looking to ruin each other, but eventually, the only loser is the child in the middle. Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the advance review copy in exchange for my honest review.

[Cindy Corbin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you Net Galley and the publishers for sending me an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. See Jane Fly! is the memoir of Nicole Kluemper who despite numerous roadblocks is able to overcome and become accomplished as a Navy pilot and later a child psychologist. As a young child Nicole accuses her mother of sexual assault and her father is awarded full custody. At the time they give her forensic evaluator permission to use the videos of her to help train others. She is to remain anonymous. Years later she becomes fodder in the battle over false memories when an unethical researcher digs into her past and publishes her story without ever talking to her based on unsubstantiated hearsay. This is the story of her battle against that researcher and all the things she endures along the way…her father entering rehab after a stroke when she was 12, a long line of living with friends and foster families, abuse in those situations, failed interpersonal relations and so much more. Her strength and tenacity is empowering and uplifting. I would recommend this book to anyone who needs to hear a testimony of overcoming.

[Jessica Milliner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing read. Nicole must go through a really hard time growing up. She was abused by her mother at the age of five. She was in the custody of her father. While her father is in a health care facility, Nicole needs to stay from place to place. As an adult, she's now working as a child psychiatrist.

Thanks to the publishers Koehler Books and NetGalley for allowing me to read this book in exchange for a review.

[Janilyn Kocher · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author suffers from depression. It’s understandable after reading about all that she endured, at such a young age.
She also was manipulated and taken advantage of by unscrupulous medical people.
I shuddered while reading her story.
It’s very sad, but she now tries to help people with her degree and experience.
Thanks to NetGalley and Koehler Books for the advance read.