To Be Brave: A Memoir of Domestic Violence, Resistance, and Healing

Three women, two generations, one family-a story of trauma, resistance, healing, and love

In 1959, in Garrison, Minnesota, a twenty-six-year-old woman shot and killed her abusive husband. A few years earlier, her sister had fled with her young daughter from Texas to Minnesota to escape a man who threatened to kill her, her child, and her entire family.

To Be Brave tells the story of how one Minnesota farm family experienced domestic violence and found a way to heal. To write it, Karla McGray had to unearth family secrets, acknowledge the courage asserted by her mother and aunt, and explore the lifelong impact of traumatic events.

This grace-filled story offers hope to individuals and families who live with domestic violence.

Author: Karla McGray
Publisher: Little Pine Press
Published: 06/21/2021
Pages: 164
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d
ISBN: 9780578886145

About the Author
McGray, Karla: - Karla McGray is an ordained minister who served many years as a chaplain in a Level One Trauma Center in the Minneapolis area. She has served on numerous nonprofit boards, been a speaker for community events and groups, and led support groups for women and men who have suffered abuse, assault, and loss. She supported Safe Journey, a program for victims of domestic violence, for many years.