Stepping Back From the Ledge : : a Daughter's Search for Truth and Renewal

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Call Number: 921 Trujillo, Laura, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Biography / General / Trujillo, Laura
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Biography / General / Trujillo, Laura	4-week checkout	Due 05-23-2024

Searching for answers -- A growing distance -- A cruel summer -- The fear: I was becoming my mom -- Learning to understand suicide -- Finding Hope -- Getting better -- Hiking with my mother -- Piecing together my mom's life -- My mother's daughter -- Moving forward.
"When Laura Trujillo's mother jumps off a ledge in the Grand Canyon and falls to her death, Laura sets out to discover what drove her mother's actions, and begins to explore the painful secrets they shared. As a young girl, Laura was happy that her mother, divorced and remarried, seemed happy again, and so she hides it when her stepfather begins to abuse her. Now grown up with a family of her own, after her mother dies, Laura goes in search of the truth of her mother's life, and of their mutually protective relationship. Breaking the silence that surrounds the subjects of abuse and suicide, Laura explores her own struggle with loss and the trauma of the sexual assault that marked her youth, and candidly recounts how she came to find understanding and hope again"-- Provided by publisher.

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Good, well written book submitted by denisemw on August 24, 2022, 6:36pm Very well written book with a mix of history and background and the present. While you understand the heartache and feeling involved the the author and her family’s personal events, the book is written very clearly and not overwhelmed by by the author’s emotions. I did not detect a bias, and it was very honest. It is sad, and makes you how complex some people’s
life experiences are.