Trauma Recycled: A Memoir of Adoption, Abuse and Healing

From the outside, my life looks like the American dream-successful real estate business, six-figure income, beachside afternoons with my dog. But the truth? My journey began in a crib, nameless, waiting to be chosen. I was adopted into a family that would grow to eight children, where dysfunction ruled and abuse became a nightly terror. Survival meant enduring, but when given a choice between chaos and the unknown, I ran-straight into addiction, young motherhood, and rock bottom.

Through hea...