I Will Not Break: A Memoir

"I'm recommending a great book about bravery, pain & overcoming childhood... abuse. Judie Mattison's horrifying reality was hidden--even from her own mind--for decades. Her memoir shares her healing journey & is beyond empowering for all "
--GRETCHEN CARLSON, journalist and best-selling author

As a child she had to forget in order to survive. As an adult she had to remember in order to be free.

Judith Mattison had a conventional 1940s Midwestern childhood, followed by college, marriage, and children. Still, throughout her life, she was haunted by a mysterious terror of deer head hunting trophies. With the help of a therapist, she began to recover memories of severe abuse at the hands of her father.

Unearthing her repressed past, she learned that forgetting was how she coped as a child. Remembering as an adult broke her apart--and then put her together again. In the process she struggled to overcome shame and fear, to embrace anger, and to claim her truth.

I Will Not Break was a finalist in the annual book awards of Midwest Independent Publishing Association memoir category. It has been a valuable resource for survivors of trauma and their support people, as well as those people concerned about issues of shame, family, or abuse.

Author: Judith Mattison
Publisher: New Sun Press
Published: 09/19/2018
Pages: 302
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9780692163979
ISBN10: 0692163972
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Family & Relationships | Abuse | Child Abuse
- Biography & Autobiography | Women

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