Writing under the pen name Isana, the author is now happily married and has found peace. This memoir is her contribution to helping other women who have experienced childhood and adult trauma in the hope that her healing will send a message that forgiveness is possible and that bitterness is not the only outcome. Isana finally feels whole and wants the same for those who have lived through similar experiences.
“Then you hold life like a face between your palms, a plain face, no violet eyes and you say, yes, I will take you, I will love you, again.” - Ellen Bass Life is difficult. Certainly there are varying degrees of what one would define “difficult,” but nevertheless it is true. Many of us grew up with the odds stacked against us from the get-go. I know what my experience has been like to overcome, but
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