Description: I had gone through heavy methamphetamine use and hit rock bottom when I spent time in jail and prison.
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How much trauma can one person survive and still, in the end, thrive? Julie D. Summers’ debut memoir takes readers on an incredible ride through amazing highs and to the depths of hell, then rams back up to a conclusion of success. Hers is not a misery memoir but a challenging story of one woman’s belief in her abilities to overcome the pits she finds herself in. A teenage rape results in a baby, and she is persuaded to relinquish the boy. Regretting this pushed her into prostitution to try and raise money
Then a phone call changed everything. Her long-lost son had found his mother, and they reunited in a happy attempt to make up for lost years. But, just as life seemed to be finally going her way, her son’s suicide brought another dark storm to her life.
But this time, Julie had established herself in a community that supported her. She began an amazing multi-decade of political and philanthropic work with the unhoused in West Hollywood. Julie persevered through countless trials with a resilience that is a tribute to her strength and commitment to helping others find their way into the light.