Living in Hawaii with her husband while resting on her laurels, JG Garcia seemed to have it all. She then flipped the switch on her falsely perceived fairy tale, starting with a blindsiding divorce-going against the grain of her Filipino-Catholic upbringing.
This is a story of a woman who carefully crafted a hidden world of family secrets, marital mess, and a lifetime of horror and grief, only to find herself broken beneath the bravado-unable to continue living a double life of wanting to take her own and stopping at nothing to survive.
JG shines an uncomfortable light on matters that she and many others allow to thrive in darkness, fueled by denial and shame: domestic violence; abuse; mental illness; disability; financial decline; professional setbacks; personal demons. From agony to achievement, hurt to hope, fear to freedom, JG tugs at the heart strings with practical wisdom and light humor. Honest. Raw. Vulnerable. As her journey unfolds, you'll wonder how could she not give up.
Those who think they know her will think twice.
Pushed beyond the limit of pain and tested against abandonment, betrayal, and loss, she persisted with grit, resilience, and courage and rose from rock bottom, yet again. From the unimaginable to unstoppable, JG bounced back stronger than ever-Triple AAA-awake, alone, aware.
This book can make even the most knockdown underdog rise like Ali to the soundtrack of Rocky. By the last page, with humility, readers will discover two wounded warriors: JG and themselves.
