Jewels the making of a woman5/26/2023 Ruled by her mother's delusional survival aspirations and the ignored evidence of her suffering at the hands of her new relatives, life became a daily struggle for survival for Jewels. Jewels was seven years old when her father attempted a family suicide, so her mother whisked her away to the arms and family of another man. Yet Jewels' assures us that even when we lose those things that give shape to our soul-belonging, the need for touch, and safety in our own home-we can go on to devise a new way of being that surpasses our childhood haunts. Childhood abuse and trauma powered an alcoholism that would nearly defeat Jewels. Told with an unflinchingly honest voice as real as the flawed people that populated her world, The Making of a Woman is an unexpected memoir exploring the path less traveled.
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