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This book covers life in the City of Berlin between 1938 and 1989 as seen through the eyes of the youngest member of a Berlin family. It chronicles how ordinary Berliners survived not only the war but its aftermath and how they coped with the adversity, hunger and cold that came along with it. It is also the story of young Berliners who left home to find happiness on foreign shores. "Ich bin ein Berliner". Those were the famed words uttered by Pres. Kennedy on June 26, 1963. He spoke to people living behind a wall enclosing their City. What happens when people are forced to live in such an environment results in a gradual change in the temperament of the population from outgoing, exuberant survivors to short-tempered and unhappy individuals. And without humour, wit or self-depreciation - a Berliner is no longer a Berliner.

In this intimate and revealing narrative, Gareth Duignam offers a window into the soul of a man who traversed from the familiarity of Dublin's streets to the uncharted territories of spiritual consciousness. Born in 1979, he unveils the intricate tapestry of experiences that steered him toward an extraordinary awakening, one that would redefine his existence and purpose.The story unfolds as Gareth recounts his pre-awakening days, a time characterized by a rebellious spirit that later becomes the bedrock for his non-conventional approach to teaching. His encounter with transformative energies like Shaktipat and the Supramental Force is not only a testament to the profound shifts one can experience but also a guide to accessing such profound depths of spiritual connection.As a teacher, Gareth breaks the mold of traditional gurus. He positions himself as a friend, an equal, and a companion to his students, fostering an environment of mutual growth and discovery. His mission is as clear as it is powerful: to empower individuals to ascend to peaks of self-awareness and enlightenment that he himself has realized.Gareth's life narrative transcends the personal. It is an account filled with moments of epiphany, each one charged with an energy that the reader can almost feel pulsating through the text. This phenomenon transforms the act of reading into a vibrant, interactive experience, offering spiritual contemplation and reflection.What makes this author's voice stand out is his ability to retain his down-to-earth demeanor, humor, and genuine kindness post-attainment of heightened consciousness. His story is one of laughter, authenticity, and a kind-hearted spirit that endears him to his readers and students alike.This book is an unspoken invitation to explore the deeper realms of self and spirit, a narrative that's both a journey and a meditation, a gift of understanding, and a testament to the power of true awakening. It stands as an essential companion for anyone navigating the complex, yet rewarding, landscape of personal and spiritual growth in the modern world.

What will you discover in this collection of 84 memories and life stories? Examples of personal essay - including hermit crab and epistolary forms - narrative poetry, creative nonfiction, flash and micro memoir that run the gamut: shocking, enchanting, inspiring, laugh-out-loud funny, tear-producing, and wonderfully wise. Writing is how we preserve the stories of our lives, and everyone has stories worth preserving - for family, friends, and posterity. Between 2015 and 2022, the 36 contributors gathered in one or more small groups of 8 to 12, in-person and online, called Wild Muse: Show Up & Write! All levels of experience were, and are, welcome. In 2022, it became clear that publishing this collection was the best way to recognize and celebrate the tremendous dedication and growth of these writers. As you dip in and out of Memory as Muse: Then and Now, you will experience and perhaps resonate with a brief scene or narrative from someone's childhood, young adulthood, midlife, or beyond. Each one is a mini portrait of a person and their environment, often revealing a change in understanding or belief, in addition to a change in circumstance - between then and now.

Amporá es una verdadera narración ecuánime de la verdad inspirada en el acontecer cotidiano de Luis Elin Rentería Cañola, todos los eventos y sucesos fueron reales, excepto los ficcionales como los sueños con los seres de las alturas. Es verídico que la poligamia es acentuada en costumbres africanas, es verídico que el ombligar a los niños es tradicional en la raza negra heredada de los ancestros africanos y es un hecho que las creencias en espíritus y pactos demoniacos tienen nexos con la ambivalencia de nuestra cultura.

Essays written during the author's life. Many essays were written during the Covid 19 pandemic of 2020 -2021. Many essays written in retirement after age 65 reflecting experiences and lessons learned from the past.

"In God We Trust" It was the motto of her country and her family, taught since birth. Stubbornly loyal, she held onto that trust through an abusive marriage to a Christian music minister, a subjugating cult environment and abject poverty. After pleading with "god" for relief for herself and her children she realized.... no one was answering. No "god" was listening. God would not be her refuge. She could not find safety in her husband. The church had stolen her autonomy and her dreams. Through a thoughtful journey of deconversion, she realized that the only one to be considered trustworthy was herself. She would start a career. She would support her children. She would move on to a new life.A gripping true tale of subjugation and fear that powerfully transforms into hope and liberation. Superbly written and honestly expressed, Trustworthy is one woman's personal journey navigating poverty and motherhood within a stifling religion and hostile marriage. But it is much more than that, for the themes herein are broadly universal: survival within a patriarchal culture; emergent self-confidence amidst tragic conditions; reason successfully breaking through the confines of faith. May others find inspiration and courage in this harrowing and deeply human story. Personally, I couldn't put it down. Highly, fervently recommended. - Phil Zuckerman, Ph.D. author of What It Means to be Moral and Living the Secular LifeIt is never easy to write about your past, especially if there is deep regret. But Heather Wells has done it. Her "imprisonment" by a conservative religion and its manipulation of her husband and her life must be told. That she was able to survive, get a divorce, and teach something different to her kids is a testimony to her strength and resolve. It's time for women to know the truth about religion. It was designed for men.- Karen L. Garst, PhD, author of Women Beyond Belief: Discovering Life without Religion and Women v. Religion: The Case Against Faith and for Freedom

A profound memoir of Veronica Brooks at a young age, that young girls and women had experienced a traumatic ordeal and felt as if life had stopped, with no hope of recovery. Veronica Brooks was witness to a disturbing event that altered the course of her life. She had done everything she could to forget it, but she could vividly recall every heinous detail. She was trapped in a nightmare and then forced to live with the lingering trauma, pain, and guilt for the rest of her life. She had always wanted to tell someone, but she was afraid of what others would think of her. Will they believe me? She would ask herself over and over. Will they hold it against me? Will they believe I earned it? But the only thing more agonizing than reliving her misery is keeping it hidden. Her intention was not vengeful or malicious in the eyes of her family. She simply wishes to reclaim her emotional freedom and peace of mind. She truly believes that once she has revealed the truth, she will be at peace. She also knew that telling her story would inspire others to tell their own. This book is for people who have faced adversity and suffered in silence. She understands the pain of those beautiful souls who have wanted to end their lives because the pain was too much to bear. Her hope is that this book will inspire you to speak and live your truth, no matter how painful it is for others. She had never told her story... Until now.

Em tempos no qual a vida na internet parece se sobrepôr a vida "real", até mesmo o sexo se modificou definitivamente. Os contos reunidos neste livro - todos eles verídicos - narram o percurso de Deusdete, morador do Distrito Federal, em busca de sexo sem compromisso usando aplicativos de relacionamento. De golpes financeiros dados em banheiras de Motel, passando por viagens até o confins da selva amazônica, chegando até sexo extremo nos matagais da capital federal, Deusdete relata em detalhes como o homem feio, pobre e tímido pode ter uma vida sexual intensa e divertida - pra não dizer, perigosa.

The life journey of a young girl that started way too early. Read about her trials, growth, and acceptance of self, to adulthood. Her journey began on the corner of Gay and Federal streets in the city of Baltimore, Maryland in the 1970s

"I found my diary and wanted to share a little part of my life." -Anita DiBenedetto Materazzo (1916-1999) "A courageous and exemplary woman, whose life was transformed by chasing love. Aunt Anita was generous and elegant with a rapid intelligence. The ocean divided us physically but not from within the heart. The sister of my father had gone away too soon! She was a treasure-chest of DiBenedetto secrets. I would like to turn her story into a movie. This is my debt to her." -Ida DiBenedetto "My dear Aunt Anita. Not only was she beautiful, her Italian accent captured your attention and warmed your heart. She cherished my cousin Linda. I will never forget sweet Aunt Anita and the kindness she showed me growing up." -Joan Ritter

In early 2019, a well-travelled English lass shifted a couple of suitcases of her belongings from Greece to Portugal. Back then, you might have called her a digital slomad but, even though the internet speeds were in fact driving her slowly mad, it's a play on the word nomad, meaning she moved from country to country, but not at break-neck speed. This time her move was with a view to settling down and, a year later, while still in the decision-making process about whether to call Portugal her permanent home, a "deadly virus" gripped the planet and she was effectively tied to a chair, struggling, unable to leave even if she'd wanted to. This book is a public diary-style account, snapshots if you like, of her emotive, insightful, baffling, sometimes very personal, and often-hilarious anecdotes and perspectives of getting to grips with the peculiar Portuguese culture while navigating the ever-changing restrictions of the global panic. Sorry, pandemic.

Did you know that if you forget to pay a speeding ticket you WILL get arrested-in front of your kids, the neighbors-the dog-and anyone else who happens to be there? And if someone tells you to give Bob Dole a lap dance you shouldn't listen because you WILL get in trouble? These and other nuggets of wisdom are imparted to offer those suffering from ADHD some hope in knowing that they are not alone. A hysterical romp through a life so convoluted and chaotic you know it has to be true, Stacey Turis's debut gives a voice to the genius yet tormented souls suffering from giftedness, ADHD, or a combination of both (a condition known as twice-exceptional). Chronicling her life journey from a state of self-loathing to one of self-acceptance, the stories flow timelessly, incorporating the resulting lessons and reflections gleaned from each adventure. Including both the tragic details of a horrifically abusive time in her childhood to comic adventures such as deciding to dye her hair plum the day before an important presentation only to have it turn out purple, her life has never suffered from a dull moment. And though she often thought Karma was the reason she found herself in so many "pickles," a friend explained that when you put yourself out in the world more than anyone else, it's really just a matter of statistics. Lucky for Turis and the rest of us, she's put herself out there again to allow us all to look at life through her pair of less-struggle-more-sass glasses. With over three hundred million people suffering from ADHD worldwide and experiencing many of the same debilitating symptoms, Turis's goal is to share her experiences so others can rid themselves of the shame of hiding their behavior. A rip-roaring and bracingly honest look at a twice-exceptional life, Here's to Not Catching Our Hair on Fire: An Absent-Minded Tale of Life with Giftedness and Attention Deficit-Oh Look! A Chicken! is a rollicking depiction of a life that seems to be constantly going off the rails. Kirkus Reviews - The World's Toughest Book Critics SMTuris' memoir is a bright-side report from the dark side of attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder-also known as AD(H)D.Although none of us really knows what "normal" is, we can usually spot "different" a mile away. Folks with AD(H)D are definitely different, with brains and bodies that operate according to their own rules. But what is AD(H)D, and why does it matter? Turis answers these questions frankly in this insightful, amusing glimpse into atypical intelligence. The work starts by presenting the harsh bottom line: "Families, marriages, jobs, relationships...they all display the scars from the battle that is AD(H)D. Nothing comes out unscathed-absolutely nothing." Turis' examples of this are so honest that the book is sometimes painful to read, but that serves its purpose. Folks afflicted with the syndrome will recognize themselves in Turis' story and find comfort in her upbeat attitude, while "normal" people will gain knowledge toward understanding and accepting the "billion gifts and...gazillion heartaches" that go with AD(H)D. Readers unfamiliar with the condition will learn what all those letters mean. The title captures their essence, and from both title and subject one might expect the narrative to be jumpy. But, in fact, it flows smoothly through Turis' ups and downs, with lucid descriptions of psychic states that most anyone can to relate to. Turis' voice is vivid and engaging and her content informative. Turis speaks to anyone associated with AD(H)D and offers her life as illustration of how to succeed despite its burden. For Turis and her fellow sufferers, getting through daily rituals and social or career obligations is like climbing Mt. Everest during a tornado. She offers a model for how it can be done, loaded with laughter and sobered by tears. A forthright, energetic memoir about AD(H)D.

Bradley Lewis knew at a very early age that he didn't quite fit in, or more likely that he wasn't quite welcome. His look back illuminates a disturbing and peculiar seesaw Long Island childhood. His father was an emotionally remote man who spent a lot of his time away from his son. Lewis' high-functioning mother was a businesswoman whose bohemian personality could bring a busy store to a standstill. Home life in the Lewis household was an off-beat combination of overachievement riddled with constant criticism. Early on, Lewis realized that his family wasn't very much like the others in town. Eventually he escaped to Manhattan, but not without carrying the family abuse with him. Lewis moves the reader swiftly through time; from his earliest memories until he finally breaks free. Mazie Was Crazy is a compassionate, sensitive analysis that recalls firsthand experience; a cultural criticism about growing up on insular Long Island; a deeply moving memoir with vividly colorful characters. Lewis shows the reader why it's so hard for someone who grew up the way he did to have achieved almost anything. The reader will experience the flaws of the somewhat privileged, but also its family strengths wrapped within a traumatic portrait - what can wrong inside American families and the dysfunction that afflicted so many children born in the fifties and sixties. Lewis describes the alcoholism, sexual abuse, and an unrelenting system of control. A powerfully written memoir about the author's journey from a troubled childhood to the beginning of life alone at NYU in Manhattan. Heartbreaking, heartwarming and dotted with ribald humor, it opens a small window of suburban America, one usually hidden from view, while offering genuine hope in the form of hard-hitting honesty. This quick and engaging insightful read is well suited to anyone interested in baby-boomer Jewish-American families.

Hans and Anna out of Bremen is a story of a struggle of love against the odds. It is a childhood love story overcoming class prejudice, family opposition, war, Nazi indoctrination and migration across the Indian ocean. From the cold grass peat meadows of north Germany to the scorching heat of the Nullarbor in the Australian desert, Hans and Anna resettle on the other side of the world. Armed with nothing but their love, they learn a new language and a new way of life. A branch of the family tree is transplanted across continents, grows and thrives.

This journal was penned from the heart to leave as a part of my legacy for all the generations that will come after me. It was meant to be a light into my life, especially for my grandchildren to see who this woman is. This woman who truly believes in love and the notion that love conquers all. It is my journey and the life that I have led. It is a true depiction of my likes, dislikes, love, sadness, hurt, loneliness, failures and successes. It is my story and one that I have chosen to share.

Huston to Hopkins - Pacino to Peckinpah. Screen Shots is about writing a screenplay. And a few other things that go to make up an education in the backstage world of theatre and the movies. Larger than life characters stride through the scene, making their own rules as well as hits and misses. All of it observed by one wide eyed young witness in settings from Egypt to Mexico, the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden to the Old Vic. Sharing the stage with Hopkins. Olivier pulling one's ear. George Sanders in drag. And more.

In Brains At The Border, Lynda Brettle offers us a humorous insight into her own overseas experiences during postings with the Foreign Office over two decades in locations as diverse as paradise islands and war torn conflict zones. With each new adventure we experience with her, and her eclectic bunch of fellow globe trotters, how it really feels to live and work as an expatriate and how they deal with both the rewards and frustrations of basic everyday issues. Lynda's world gets increasing complex as she travels from being a single girl to a married woman and a mother. In an attempt to regain some work - life balance, she leaves the Diplomatic Service and settles with her family on Spain's Costa Blanca. This is where the jaw-dropping fun really begins with the arrival of hordes of ill-prepared Brits expecting to "live the dream" - having left their Brains At The Border.

"I have been a great critic of myself for most of my life, and I was darned good at it, deflating my own ego without the help of anyone else." What do our shopping habits, high-heeled shoes, and big hair have to do with how we perceive ourselves? Do the slights we endured when we were young affect how we choose our relationships now? D.G. takes us on a journey, unlocking the hurts of the past by identifying situations that hindered her own self-esteem. Her anecdotes and confessions demonstrate how the hurtful events in our lives linger and set the tone for how we value our own self-worth. Words We Carry is a raw, personal accounting of how the author overcame the demons of low self-esteem with the determination to learn to love herself.

My Time in Quarantine is one woman's hilarious and thoughtful account of how the pandemic has changed her life and her neighbourhood forever.

Family Secrets: The Turbulent Years is Book 2 of the Family of Secrets and Lies series. Valarie experiences the turbulent teen years as she prepares to go away to college and learns valuable lessons and skills on becoming an independent young woman. During vacations from school, she resides in numerous foster homes and foster group homes while experiencing abuse and neglect within the foster care system. As a college student she is confronted with many challenges, but she is determined not to allow them to get in the way of her accomplishing her education and career goals. As her twenty-first birthday approaches, she begins focusing on her housing and career goals and preparing for living independently upon her emancipation from the foster care system.

Woody Allen once said, "I am not afraid of death. I just don't want to be there when it happens." For most of my life, that was my mantra. Almost everyone with a pulse fears death, but not everyone fears life. With crippling social anxiety, I feared both. But after an accidental call to a funeral home during my mid-life crisis trip to grad school, I reluctantly embarked on a journey to explore professions that dealt with death in order to come to terms with my own mortality. The result of this quirky trip is Death Becomes Us, a humorous memoir about what happens when a middle-aged, anxiety-filled, life-avoider attempts to investigate the last taboo of American culture. What started as an overzealous MFA thesis ended with my discovery that awareness of death, the one thing that collectively scares people the most is also the one thing that helped me to finally live. During my two years of research, I encountered an embalmer afraid of dying, a grieving EMT, an upbeat Hospice counselor, and a hopeful death row inmate. Emotionally I went from grieving at a funeral for my cigarettes to crying over a dead man's body just minutes after his execution; I went from avoidance and fear to eventual immersion and acceptance. I realized the importance of looking at death to fully realize the finite nature of life.

Making Peace with the Pieces of My Life is a spiritual journey-an account of life lessons. It is also a mother's story and a voyage of healing and restoration. Dana grew up on a Kansas farm with devoted parents and a happy childhood. Even so, as an adopted child, she struggles to meet the expectations of others and yearns to know her blood relatives. Adulthood brings accomplishments-becoming a nurse and learning to fly a plane-as well as many challenges, including a divorce and parenting a son with an addiction. Eventually, after sixty-eight years, DNA leads her to information about her birth parents. As Dana weaves a path of longing, searching, and blessings, she shows that life is a story, and God is with us in that story. Dive deeper into your faith, reevaluate everything you hold onto, and decide to turn it all over to God. Like Dana, you can make peace with the pieces of your life...

This autobiography is intended to share, reveal and perhaps bring forth an understanding that you didn't know you were seeking. After a lifetime's journey to both understand and accept herself, the author has reached a point in her life where she now recognizes who she is and is comfortable sharing her truths, past hurts, disappointments and adversity in an effort to offer written compassion to another who may be early in the journey of self understanding and consequently...self acceptance.The author takes you on a transparent exploration of her life, bearing truths and realizations that have only recently culminated in self acceptance, self love and a release of much needed emotional blockage.Born with the intent to be given away, the author was briefly with her adopted family until her parents divorced months shy of her 13th birthday. Experiencing the loss of her oldest brother only a decade after, she decided to enlist in the US Army Reserves at the end of that year to get on with life, as it were. Who would have known the reunion with her Birth Mother and introduction to her two maternal siblings would take place only a year later! All of these challenges proved a lot to digest and emotionally traverse for sure!Growing up an Army brat and consequential Army Veteran herself, the author had to learn adaptability early as well as detachment, the integral focus of the book. These and other life experiences left the author feeling "less than", misunderstood, devalued and thus these ordeals greatly affected her mindset and (in)ability for true self acceptance.Having now come full circle, thanks to a book called, "The Highly Sensitive Person", by Elaine N. Aron, the author desires to offer compassion and healing energy to readers currently going through their own "uncertainty".A nurturing Empath, if the author can deter even just one person from years of feeling alienated, stuck and/or unable to articulate what they've yet to reconcile both mentally as well as spiritually, as the aforementioned book did for her, she will be grateful and know that her life's journey was not in vain.

One young man's struggle with alcoholism, low self-esteem, depression and self-harm. Time and again just as he gets back on his feet Henry is his own worst enemy, until he finally finds his one true love.

旧上海的故事中至今流传着"一号汽车"的美谈。"地皮大王"周纯卿不肯出卖他的汽车和主权，宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。此书以"一号汽车周家"五代家史为主线，金枝玉叶嫁入豪门的悲喜为主题，花园洋房、公馆旧址的残迹作地图，在破砖碎瓦之中寻根问祖，拼凑解析，反思上海开阜以来一百多年的国难家运，发现历史的真谛。十九世纪六十年代，"周半仙"的子孙走出浙江古镇，来到上海，开拓新天地。娶了"九斤姑娘"的老三周莲塘，背了一个木匠篮子，在租界上租地造屋，打造民宅，设立了上海最早的房地产公司----《周莲记》，经营租赁和洋务，飞黄腾达。到了二十世纪，周家富二代面对洋人、军阀、官僚、恶霸、警察、日寇、强权、枪炮的势力，树大招风，只得通过联姻，保护本土资产。富三代、富四代的"上海大小姐"在摩登时代自由独立的个性却也打不破民国婚姻的枷锁。女婿们传统的仕途经济、忠君爱国、精英才华在铁蹄之下均逃不过"一号汽车"的命运。从二十年代的歌舞升平，三十年代的战火纷飞，四十年代的分崩离析，五十年代的公私合营，六十年代的扫地出门，七十年代的阴盛阳衰，至中美重新建交，家人团聚，再分遗产......周家的兴亡深刻地展现了财富与传承、经济与政治、性别与传统、金钱与感情、自由与责任，东方与西方之间难解难分，不可调和的矛盾。A Real Estate Barron in Old Shanghai, Pure Gentleman Zhou, inherited an automobile with a license plate "001" from a Denmark physician, leaving Shanghai on the eve of WWI. A British colonist's ambition to own that car met with his resistance. The legend became a local pride in Old Shanghai, revived recently. Beginning with a bride in that car, horses and tricycles behind, guards and police aside, slowly moving from the British Concession to the French Concession, Zhou saved his car from destruction. A granddaughter born from that wedlock tells the stories of unhappy marriages inside exquisite gardens and grand mansionsi. She is searching for roots as well as values--a spiritual heritage. Her contemporary mind is juxtaposed with childhood memories, folklores and classical opera, family parties and photos, ruins of ruined buildings and blocks. Yet she claims she has "no nostalgia." This transnational memoir, made in USA, covers 150 years of social history of Shanghai from 1860s to the present. Well researched, its historical vision makes a difference from official discourses left and right, revealing many impossible contradictions between East and West, wealth and power, tradition and gender, establishment and inheritance, legacy and laws, socialism and thought reform... a wealth of cultural resources for film makers and producers. Recommended for library collection and academic institutions.

This book is a collection of essays written in letter form to the author's daughter, covering such varied ground as religion, climate change, sexual and reproductive ethics, existentialist philosophy, transhumanism and personal memoirs. It is a candid work that explores the anxieties of new parenthood in an age of uncertainty and pessimism. This book, while deeply personal and written to a specific person, may be useful or inspiring to other parents grappling with parenthood in light of an uncertain and changing future.

Every life has its struggles. Its challenges. Its glorious Blessings. Cushena Jordan has experienced all of these, and then some. In her memoir, "Ain't Been No Crystal Stair," Cushena recounts-honestly and unashamedly-the trials and triumphs, as well as the Blessings and bad choices, which have both cursed and graced her. From her childhood in rural Georgia raised by loving, God-fearing grandparents to the early grief that set her on a path of rebellion; from the search for love "in all the wrong places" that led to infidelity, prison, and divorce to the abortion that haunted her and the birth of the twin boys who are her Greatest Blessing; and from the relationship that brought renewed hope for happiness to the brutal murder that brought those hopes crashing down, Cushena bares her soul as she shares her journey through Hell and-by God's Grace-the Redemption and Salvation waiting on the other side.

In the compelling memoir, "Growing Into 'Dad'," author Jason Samir Santiago shares his remarkable transition from a former cannabis dealer to a loving and nurturing father. With honesty and vulnerability, he explores the profound impact that becoming a father had on his life, offering practical advice and personal anecdotes to inspire other fathers on their own journeys. Through his story, Jason encourages fathers to actively engage in their children's lives, fostering lasting bonds and embracing their role with passion and love. "Growing Into 'Dad'" is a heartfelt testament to personal growth, resilience, and the transformative power of fatherhood.

A heartbreaking true story of one woman's personal triumph over an abusive relationship set amidst the high-stakes world of Italy's fashion elite.Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Other Side of Tuscany captures the beauty and power achieved when we come to forgive those who hurt us the most.A tour de force for women. And for the power of love.

"Goodnight Mommy," a young five year old girl says to her mother, upon being tucked into bed for the night. The covers are snugly tucked around her very tired body, as the light is turned off and her eyes slowly close for a good night's rest. She is abruptly awakened at 3 am by her father, telling her to get dressed. "Mommy ran away." That would be the last time this young girl would ever hear the words "good night" from her mother. After multiple arrests, endless arguments, and abuse, Lonene finally decided to leave her husband. The couple argued in the wee hours of the morning on January 7, 1981... and the next morning she was gone without a trace. Her husband claimed she ran away with another man. There are many clues in a thick Cold Case file that is now 40 years old, that indicates a very different story. Although, without a body, these clues are circumstantial.A Daughter's Journey...and Story of Resilience, details the life of Lonene Ray Rogers and that of her daughter, Alison. You will read horrific stories, and devastating events that took place in the lives of this mother and daughter, yet the legacy of the story is not one of sadness. It is one of resilience. Read how Alison decided to "rewrite the story" in her mother's honor. Prepare to laugh, cry, and be inspired. A Daughter's Journey is a book you will not be able to put down, or soon forget.