Shelf Life of a Trophy Wife

To the outside world, Lisa Kaye Rayner seemed to have it all. But beneath the picture-perfect veneer of her Southern Baptist upbringing were the haunting secrets that she kept. Afterthree failed marriages and one failed suicide attempt, she found herself in the office of a psychiatrist who began to chip away at the portrait of perfection she so carefully painted.Shelf Life of a Trophy Wife is a heartfelt and harrowing memoir that reveals the unspoken costs of fitting in, along with the struggles that come with polishing our past, and a reminderthat the dust always settles in the end.

Shelf Life of a Trophy Wife is the intimate battle of a Southern Baptist Barbie who finds the courage to unlock her menagerie of carefully hidden secrets and unpack years of traumatic men-tal, physical, and sexual abuse I experienced while living an outwardly beautiful and glamorous life. With the help of my daughter, sister, and a myriad of fashionable friends, I claw my way through a hard-fought, inspiring journey of discovery, empowerment, freedom, self-love, and truth, one husband at a time. Or do I?

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Shelf Life of a Trophy Wife

To the outside world, Lisa Kaye Rayner seemed to have it all. But beneath the picture-perfect veneer of her Southern Baptist upbringing were the haunting secrets that she kept. Afterthree failed marriages and one failed suicide attempt, she found herself in the office of a psychiatrist who began to chip away at the portrait of perfection she so carefully painted.Shelf Life of a Trophy Wife is a heartfelt and harrowing memoir that reveals the unspoken costs of fitting in, along with the struggles that come with polishing our past, and a reminderthat the dust always settles in the end.

Shelf Life of a Trophy Wife is the intimate battle of a Southern Baptist Barbie who finds the courage to unlock her menagerie of carefully hidden secrets and unpack years of traumatic men-tal, physical, and sexual abuse I experienced while living an outwardly beautiful and glamorous life. With the help of my daughter, sister, and a myriad of fashionable friends, I claw my way through a hard-fought, inspiring journey of discovery, empowerment, freedom, self-love, and truth, one husband at a time. Or do I?

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Shelf Life of a Trophy Wife

Shelf Life of a Trophy Wife

by Lisa Kaye Rayner
Shelf Life of a Trophy Wife

Shelf Life of a Trophy Wife

by Lisa Kaye Rayner

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To the outside world, Lisa Kaye Rayner seemed to have it all. But beneath the picture-perfect veneer of her Southern Baptist upbringing were the haunting secrets that she kept. Afterthree failed marriages and one failed suicide attempt, she found herself in the office of a psychiatrist who began to chip away at the portrait of perfection she so carefully painted.Shelf Life of a Trophy Wife is a heartfelt and harrowing memoir that reveals the unspoken costs of fitting in, along with the struggles that come with polishing our past, and a reminderthat the dust always settles in the end.

Shelf Life of a Trophy Wife is the intimate battle of a Southern Baptist Barbie who finds the courage to unlock her menagerie of carefully hidden secrets and unpack years of traumatic men-tal, physical, and sexual abuse I experienced while living an outwardly beautiful and glamorous life. With the help of my daughter, sister, and a myriad of fashionable friends, I claw my way through a hard-fought, inspiring journey of discovery, empowerment, freedom, self-love, and truth, one husband at a time. Or do I?


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798992395204
Publisher: Fitting Words
Publication date: 05/06/2025
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

LISA KAYE RAYNER is a native Atlantan, a graduate of the University of Georgia-Grady Collegeof Journalism, a prominent PR specialist, and a Telly Award winning producer, director andwriter. A seasoned journalist and charitable advocate, Lisa is the mother of two daughtersand Grand-mere to two. In 2010, she received the Woman of the Year award from Chayil, afoundation dedicated to helping battered women navigate life after leaving-a lesson she isstill trying to learn. A proud survivor, she now makes her home in a historic loft on theOconee River in Athens, GA.Website URL: https: //lisakrayner.com/
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