"There was a picture of the three of us: Mark, our mother and myself, before it began. Of course she might've been sick then-but if so, she hid it well. I have never spoken of my true childhood until now. I suppose my silence has driven me mad to an extent, and I'm almost fine with that. Perhaps things would make sense if I started at the beginning... this is my story." How do you handle the grieving process when the one to whom you're grieving, is a woman you grew up hating? How do you handle the guilt, the fear, and the ...
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"There was a picture of the three of us: Mark, our mother and myself, before it began. Of course she might've been sick then-but if so, she hid it well. I have never spoken of my true childhood until now. I suppose my silence has driven me mad to an extent, and I'm almost fine with that. Perhaps things would make sense if I started at the beginning... this is my story." How do you handle the grieving process when the one to whom you're grieving, is a woman you grew up hating? How do you handle the guilt, the fear, and the anger? How do you survive? Read the compelling story of Grace Richards in Escaping Serenity, as she tells her story of abuse, neglect and lack of identity as she, for the first time, talks about her mother, Annie-a woman who suffered from an undiagnosed case of paranoid schizophrenia.
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