{"product_id":"when-katie-wakes-a-memoir-9780385502016","title":"When Katie Wakes: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eBestselling author Connie May Fowler tells her own extraordinary story for the first timethe harrowing years of her childhood followed by the abusive relationship she endured as a young womanand how the unconditional love of her dog helped her escape her physical and emotional bonds. Before Women Had Wings  Connie May Fowlers award-winning and bestselling fictional account of domestic abuse  touched thousands. In this piercing memoir  Fowler chronicles the emotional battery and physical abuse that marked her own passage to adulthood. She draws a searing portrait of growing up with her manipulative and needy mother  a woman unable to give the love and comfort every child has a right to expect. And then  as a young woman  Fowler found herself involved with a man whose behavior disturbingly echoed her mothers. The man she lived with alternately displayed a desperate need for her or rejected her as if she were worse than useless. With heart-wrenching candor  Fowler records the abuse she suffered at his hands  from his constant attempts to undermine her self- confidence to his acts of brutal physical violence. The unconditional love Fowler longed for finally camein the shape of an adoring Labrador puppy named Kateland. With Katie at her side  she was able to withstand her mistreatment and the crushing weight of her childhood and  miraculously  managed to create a small refuge from the horrors that surrounded her. This is the story of her decision to end the years of mistreatment and even to open her life to a new  gentle man  whose love and understanding helped to transform her. Well known for her fiction and her work with victims of domestic abuse  Fowler now offers a strong helping hand to women everywhere in this startling  revealing  and ultimately inspiring memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45650417025077,"sku":"ByrdShop_038550201X","price":69.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780385502016.jpg?v=1781795957","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/when-katie-wakes-a-memoir-9780385502016","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}