My Beautiful Detour by Amy Oestreicher (.ePUB)
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My Beautiful Detour: An Unthinkable Journey From Gutless to Grateful by Amy Oestreicher
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Overview: What happens when an ordinary teenager has to turn into a warrior to survive? Amy Oestreicher had ambitious plans for college and a Broadway career, until her stomach exploded the week before her senior prom. Months later, she awoke from a coma to learn that she might never be able to eat or drink again. After years on IV nutrition, her first bite of food awakened her senses to life’s ordinary miracles but also brought back memories of sexual abuse by a trusted mentor. With determination, imagination, relentless resilience, and an inner “hunger” for life, Amy created a roadmap where none existed. Her journey through life’s unthinkable detours is nothing short of miraculous, but the creative path to healing she forged is accessible to anyone. As a survivor—and ‘thriver’—of abuse and extensive medical trauma, Amy discovered sources of resilience she didn’t know she had but it turns out we all possess. In this book, she shares the story of her beautiful detour, empowering others to find gratitude in every setback and discover their own infinite inner strength. Amy’s journey is ultimately a celebration of ordinary and extraordinary challenges and miracles.
In a coming of age story, a young woman explores what it means to “find home” when unexpectedly sucked into the world of trauma, and soon discovers that when the trauma passes, its ghosts still linger in her world. Embarking on an archetypal hero’s journey, she refashions “home” from the creativity she finds in the world around her. Forming a bold, new identity in spite of relentless adversity, she discovers that, “home” can never be re-found, but can instead be re-imagined through the power of family, the freedom of creativity, the wisdom in nature, and the stories that unite us all.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs
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