Get Your Greater

<p><strong style=color: rgba(35 31 32 1)>The Winner of a Fall 2023 </strong><strong>BookFest Personal Memoir Honorable Mention</strong><strong style=color: rgba(35 31 32 1)>!</strong></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Get Your Greater</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a powerful memoir of personal transformation self-healing and faith. Mark Shepard shares his raw and real journey from trauma to triumph recounting his experiences of losing his mother in a horrific act of violence before the age of 10 enduring mistreatment by family suffering physical and sexual abuse in foster care and struggling with poverty and homelessness while raising his young sons. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Despite these overwhelming challenges Mark's Christian faith and inner strength helped him rise from a bed of metal bars to a life filled with love gratitude and purpose. His autobiography sheds light on the resilience required to overcome trauma abandonment and cruelty while offering a blueprint for personal growth and self-esteem. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mark's story of survival is a testament to the power of faith psychological resilience and unwavering ambition. As he reflects on the movement of God in his life-sometimes slow but always steady-he encourages readers to embrace their own personal growth and transformation. </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Get Your Greater </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is an inspiring call to never give up to be patient steadfast and resilient and to trust that no matter the trials of life a greater purpose is always within reach.</span></p>