I Thought I Was Going to Die and Then I Didn't: A Memoir

For fans of The Glass Castle, What My Bones Know, and Nobody’s Girl, a triumphant debut memoir about one woman’s reckoning with childhood abuse and family addiction.

Raised in an affluent Washington DC suburb, Laura Sharon grows up in a home where appearances matter more than safety, alcohol eclipses care, and emotional needs go unmet. From an early age, she learns to perform, disappear, and take responsibility for others, even as her own inner world fractures under the weight of neglect, bo...