Her Family Tree - Horn, Marcia B
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Readers fall in love with 15 year old Gladys in 1950 when she falls for a young man from the wrong side of the tracks, they follow her as she escapes one violent alcoholic marriage only to be murdered by her second husband. Then in 1971 they meet her 17 year old daughter, Ellen, on the long car ride to North Carolina as she tries to get her younger sister out from the clutches of the murderer's family. Find out how Ellen's marriage ends with 6 children, a wholesome upbringing and a shattered image as her children find alcohol no matter how she tries to shelter them from sin. Finally Marcia…mehr

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Readers fall in love with 15 year old Gladys in 1950 when she falls for a young man from the wrong side of the tracks, they follow her as she escapes one violent alcoholic marriage only to be murdered by her second husband. Then in 1971 they meet her 17 year old daughter, Ellen, on the long car ride to North Carolina as she tries to get her younger sister out from the clutches of the murderer's family. Find out how Ellen's marriage ends with 6 children, a wholesome upbringing and a shattered image as her children find alcohol no matter how she tries to shelter them from sin. Finally Marcia tells her story, she is Ellen's daughter and as an alcoholic herself, reveals the battles she faces after hitting and killing a pedestrian drunk driving in a blackout. She battles for her life against an enemy that wants her destroyed, alcoholism and addiction, but comes through to relay the message of shame, remorse, self-forgiveness and redemption that she finds in recovery.
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First time author Marcia B. Horn tells the true story of HER FAMILY TREE in this first edition, three-part piece, covering her story along with the life of her Mother and Grandmother. The threads that bind these women's stories together are that of tragedy, hope, survival, redemption, love, spirituality and perseverance. Marcia writes about her life as she moves around the United States and some of her experiences with alcoholism, incarceration, recovery, PTSD and survivor's guilt. A member of the recovery community, she is looking back into some of the darkness of her past and using those tragedies to help others find sobriety.