The Wrong Calamity

<p><em>An intimate and compellingly honest memoir of a woman coming into her own after profound pain and grief.</em></p><p> </p><p>Marsha Jacobson agreed to marry a secretive and controlling man because she saw no way out. He compelled her to move to Japan with him where a chance meeting led to a job at the Tokyo headquarters of Mattel Toys. </p><p>As she became successful her husband became more abusive. When they were back in America she grabbed their two toddlers and escaped from him chased by police. Years later she had a successful career and a joyful second marriage-until terrible memories her husband buried in childhood came to get him. His PTSD and flashbacks shattered her marriage her career and many friendships.</p><p>With penetrating insight and writing that moves from gritty to glorious Marsha gives voice to the often-misunderstood lived experience of loss and grief and explores how trauma spreads from generation to generation and person to person but need not last a lifetime.</p>