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    Finding Gloria: Special Edition
    Finding Gloria: Special Edition
    Finding Gloria: Special Edition
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    Finding Gloria: Special Edition

    By Marianne Curtis

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    Pouring her own hardships out onto the page, Marianne Curtis recounts her experiences growing up as an adopted child: adopted at birth, she was raised in a household where she was subjected to terrible and heart breaking forms of abuse. Her adoptive mother repeatedly tried to break her spirit, insisting that she was worthless and unwanted. In a desperate attempt to escape her circumstance, Curtis fled, as a teenager, to another city.

    Desperate for acceptance and love, she married at age eighteen, and, by twenty-four, had four children. Her insecurities from her traumatic childhood followed her, however, and eventually led to the dissolution of three marriages and her own mental breakdown.

    Finally, after the death of her adoptive mother, Curtis searched out her birth family, found them through Facebook, and eventually came to a place of love, healing, peace, and acceptance through the family she had not known for more than four decades.

    An inspiring story about rising from the ashes of our pasts, Marianne Curtis’ memoir is written in a pure, vivid voice, and draws readers in with her will to survive despite the seemingly insurmountable struggles that she faced.

    Finding Gloria is one woman’s incredible story of love, loss, redemption, and forgiveness, even in the face of devastating events. A beautiful and moving tale, Curtis’ raw emotion and fragile hope is revealed through her candid prose and unbreakable spirit.

    This special edition comes with 48 EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHS!!!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMarianne Curtis
    Release dateJul 1, 2013
    ISBN9781311008824
    Finding Gloria: Special Edition
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    Marianne Curtis

    Since the fall of 1997, Marianne Curtis has been writing for the Dawson Trail Dispatch. She has since published over 7,000 articles in the monthly publication.While she prefers investigative pieces, Ms. Curtis does not limit her expertise. Over the years she has covered hardcore news, political issues, public interest groups, community events, sports and entertainment. She also does her own photography.When Ms. Curtis is not writing for the newspaper, she enjoys spending time with her family, gardening and with her many friends.

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