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What happens when your childhood is shaped by loss, betrayal, and chaos—when the people meant to protect you are the ones who cause the deepest harm?From a young age, Cherie Karwoski asked herself: Who is safe? Who can I trust? Is this really what childhood is supposed to feel like?In…


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This is a powerful memoir about a girl who survived loss, betrayal, and physical and emotional abuse from an unstable and narcissistic mother. It was a harrowing and ultimately uplifting story about how the author found herself and became the woman and the mother she wanted to be. It reminds us that cycles of abuse can be broken.

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