I Held Hands with the Devil

<p><strong>What if the very people meant to protect you were the ones who hurt you most?</strong></p><p></p><p>Mary Long's childhood was a battlefield of fear abandonment and abuse-scars no child should bear inflicted by the very people meant to protect her. Told to stay quiet. Taught to</p><p>survive. Left to raise herself in the shadows of other people's choices. Yet even in her darkest moments Mary sensed the quiet pull of a presence greater than her pain.</p><p></p><p><strong>I Held Hands with the Devil </strong>is a raw and redemptive memoir that traces Mary's journey from a terrified little girl no one protected to a woman unafraid to tell the truth. Through pain </p><p>therapy faith and radical courage she found her voice and learned to let God's healing love reach every shattered place within her.</p><p></p><p>This powerful testimony to God's relentless grace is more than a story of survival-it is a reminder that healing is always possible no matter where you've been. For anyone who has ever wondered if redemption is within reach <em>I Held Hands with the Devil </em>offers your answer.</p><p></p>