Stepping Back from the Ledge
A Daughter's Search for Truth and Renewal
New York : Random House, [2022]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 195 pages ; 22 cm
"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.
Contents:
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.
Subjects:
Trujillo, Laura.
Trujillo, Laura -- Family.
Children of suicide victims -- United States -- Biography.
Sexually abused teenagers -- United States -- Biography.
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Biography.
Trujillo, Laura.
Trujillo, Laura -- Family.
Children of suicide victims -- United States -- Biography.
Sexually abused teenagers -- United States -- Biography.
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780593157619
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Trujillo, Laura | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Biography | In |
"A memoir" -- Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188).