Stepping Back from the Ledge - A Daughter's Search for Truth and Renewal by Laura Trujillo

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In this seismically moving memoir The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice , one woman asks a seemingly impossible question in the aftermath of her mother's suicide- how do you mourn a loved one as you repair the injuries they inflicted. Laura Trujillo resurfaces from the dark sub-basement of despair with assurances for us all- there is hope. There is healing. Always, there is love. This book will save lives. Connie Schultz, author of The Daughters of ErietownLaura Trujillo had been close to her mother for most of her adult life, raising her four children within a few miles of their beloved grandmother's Phoenix home. But just three months after moving her young family to Cincinnati for a new job, Laura receives shocking news- her mother had taken her own life by jumping off a ledge into the Grand Canyon, a place Laura knew her mother had always loved. Laura and her mother had shared a profound and special bond, yet each had also kept from the other the deepest truths about their lives. As an adult, Laura finally broke her silence about the sexual abuse she had suffered as a teenager at the hands of her stepfather, a secret Laura had buried to protect her mother.

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    • Suggested age range - Adult
    • Format - Hardcover
    • Dimensions - 5.4" W x 8.3" H x 1" D
    • Genre - Biography
    • Publisher - Random House Publishing Group, Publication date - 04-19-2022
    • Page count - 208
    • ISBN - 9780593157619
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from Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

An illuminating memoir written with great love

Stepping Back from the Ledge: A Daughter’s Search for Truth and Renewal Laura Trujillo Publication date: 19 April 2022 A grieving and confused daughter, Laura Trujillo wrote “Stepping Back from the Ledge: A Daughter’s Search for Truth and Renewal” after her mother ended her life by jumping from the edge of the Grand Canyon. She wanted to understand how such a thing could have happened and whether she could have done anything to prevent it. Six months before her mother’s death, at her therapist’s advice, Trujillo disclosed to her mother that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather for years as a teenager. She was then 40-years-old. After her mother’s death, family members turned their backs on her. Instead of being angry at her stepfather, they blamed her for her mother’s death. While they knew how desperately her mother was struggling with depression, Trujillo was unaware of what her mother was going through. Another challenge she faced was how to discuss her mother’s death with her four children who all adored their grandma. She and her husband, John, told their two eldest boys and held off on the details when they gently broke the news to their youngest son and daughter. Moved, partially, by a note her mother had written to her family about being “too proud to seek help” and realizing her suicide was the extreme outcome of bottling her up her feelings for years, Trujillo realized she needed to ask for help and find a net to catch her when she fell. In “Stepping Back from the Ledge: A Daughter’s Search for Truth and Renewal” the author takes her readers on her journey through guilt, grief, loss, anger, discovery and healing. This is an illuminating and courageous memoir written with great love. I think the book would be a great choice for a book club as there are so many points of discussion.

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