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Black Sheep, Sharp Teeth: A Memoir: For the Lonely Cycle Breaker
Everyone loves a "Good Girl," until she starts telling the truth.
By eighteen, Christina was a mother. By twenty-five, she was a master of the "fawn" response—shrinking herself to fit the demands of the people who didn’t want honesty or discomfort. She was checking all the boxes of a “successful” adult, but internally, she was still a terrified child stuck in survival mode.
When the man who defined her childhood trauma is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Christina faces a keep the peace and stay "good," or burn it down, tell the truth and confront her own toxic patterns.
Black Sheep, Sharp Teeth isn’t a story of extreme, obvious abuse. It’s a story of the insidious ways that abuse is normalized in parenting. The way it’s excused, justified and buried beneath forced smiles and locked lips. The way trauma is passed down through silent obedience and generations of conformity. That’s what makes this story so relatable. It’s a raw, vulnerable, deeply personal account of what it takes to face your own demons and unlearn everything you were taught about staying quiet, keeping the peace, and being “good”.
This isn’t a story of finding perfection. It’s a story of unearthing yourself. At the end of the day, if you want to heal so your children don't have to carry that same weight—this book is your invitation to stop apologizing and sharpen your teeth.
By eighteen, Christina was a mother. By twenty-five, she was a master of the "fawn" response—shrinking herself to fit the demands of the people who didn’t want honesty or discomfort. She was checking all the boxes of a “successful” adult, but internally, she was still a terrified child stuck in survival mode.
When the man who defined her childhood trauma is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Christina faces a keep the peace and stay "good," or burn it down, tell the truth and confront her own toxic patterns.
Black Sheep, Sharp Teeth isn’t a story of extreme, obvious abuse. It’s a story of the insidious ways that abuse is normalized in parenting. The way it’s excused, justified and buried beneath forced smiles and locked lips. The way trauma is passed down through silent obedience and generations of conformity. That’s what makes this story so relatable. It’s a raw, vulnerable, deeply personal account of what it takes to face your own demons and unlearn everything you were taught about staying quiet, keeping the peace, and being “good”.
This isn’t a story of finding perfection. It’s a story of unearthing yourself. At the end of the day, if you want to heal so your children don't have to carry that same weight—this book is your invitation to stop apologizing and sharpen your teeth.
323 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 25, 2026
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