Penny Lane

Redeemed (eBook, ePUB)

A Memoir of a Stolen Childhood

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Penny is just four years old when she is snatched away from her all-American home by the Hungarian father who abandoned her when she was a baby. After facing isolation and neglect in a strange, dysfunctional household where heartache, rejection, and physical abuse rule her life, she escapesonly to find herself in a relationship with a man who's just converted to fundamentalist Christianity. Penny's road is long, winding, and often painful, but gradually she begins to listen to her inner voice, stand up for herself, and refuse to bow to the pressures of either her family or societyfreeing herself to build a life on her own terms and find her way to happiness. A rise-from-the-ashes hero's story of overcoming abuse, trauma, and unbearable odds, of being waylaid by both family and religion's promise of love, and harnessing the resilience to find the way home, Redeemed offers a rare window into Eastern European immigrant culture and reads like a page-turning thriller. Especially relevant todaya time when marginalized people are increasingly finding a voicethis memoir will serve as an inspiration to women everywhere, encouraging them to overcome their obstacles and go after their dreams.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781647427016
• Artikelnr.: 69559437

Autorenporträt

Penny Lane is a writer, wife, mother, and friend with an insatiable passion for life. Originally from Jackson Heights, Queens, she loves being outdoorscycling, hiking, traveling, and connecting to, and inspiring people. She has a BS in business and management from the University of Phoenix and an MA in industrial/organizational psychology from Golden Gate University. In her spare time, she helps underserved youth learn to read, apply to college, and find jobs once they graduate, and in food pantries and other non-profits near her home in Mill Valley, California.