Girl Who Flew Over the Honeysuckle Hedge

I am brave in ways I no longer thought possible as my resilient part continues to move me forward... I know true triumph of the human spirit.<br /><br />At five-years-old young Janet raised out of her body and flew over a honeysuckle hedge. It was this dreamlike experience offering her mind momentary respite from the dysfunction and abuse surrounding her that began her difficult life journey toward healing.<br /><br />In this riveting memoir J. Lauren Sangster tells her personal story of surviving childhood sexual abuse family dysfunction and violence. Trying to escape her past with a new identity as Lauren in New York she discovers love and heartbreak with a man of Hungarian nobility and his whirlwind high society life in Newport Rhode Island then endures abuse and torture while held captive by a philatelist deep in the French Alps. Amid the darkness and still haunted by childhood trauma Lauren manages to survive and finds support with a circle of trusted friends back in New York... and even finds love again.<br /><br />J. Lauren Sangster's memoir is a testament to remarkable resilience during her journey to cope and heal with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Complex PTSD). Writing with humility compassion and a sense of humor she provides an unfiltered examination of how her traumatized mind works while finding joy in friends love music silly riddles a pet dachshund and learning to live authentically as she discovers new ways to heal more deeply thus offering the reader hope that they too may triumph over trauma.