The A Light in the Dark series
One life, written down as it happened, then taken back.
In 2007 a young mother wrote about the night she put down the softball bat, and promised a journey that began with life and vision, stumbled into depression, and came back out with hope. Then she stayed with him for eight more years. These books are that journey, kept.
The books
Drawn from the letters, journals and texts written in the days they describe.
What these books are about
Written for the people still inside, and the people trying to understand them.
Coercive control
What a marriage looks like when it runs on fear, and why leaving is never one decision.
Becoming who you are
A gender transition told from the inside, for readers and families who want to understand it.
Losing and finding your children
What it is to be cut off from your own sons, and the long, patient work of coming back.
A woman's voice
The right to say no, to choose a name, and to be heard when you finally speak.