HEATHER CARTER’S honest memoir spans six decades of her life; revealing how her 

painful childhood of neglect, early depression, domestic violence and alcoholism; was 

endured and overcome with faith and compassion.

Despite witnessing so much sadness in her life, Heather also saw the beauty.

In this story of survival and transformation, she writes with vivid and humorous detail 

about the entangled lives of her large family, about her personal struggles with trauma 

and Bi Polar Disorder, and about the strange sort of peace she was able to find 

eventually.