Choking on Shame

<p class=ql-align-center><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sticks and stones may break my bones-but words hurt even more. </strong></p><p><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Growing up with an emotionally distant mother who did not want her and a narcissistic stepfather Dana S. Diaz had one goal: survival. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In the much-anticipated follow-up to her debut memoir </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Gasping for Air </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Dana seeks to answer the all-too-common question asked of all women in domestic abuse situations: </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Why do you stay?</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> To do this Dana brings readers back to the beginning. Chronicling the first two decades of her life plagued by instability neglect and abuse she exposes both the deep scars from a horrendous past as well as the precarious future that lies ahead for every abused child. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Both gritty and inspiring </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Choking on Shame</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> reveals the devastating effects of transgenerational abuse while also telling the incredible true story of one little girl's struggle against all odds to push through a heartbreaking childhood and find her place in this world. </span></p>