{"product_id":"beyond-surviving-take-back-your-life-using-the-power-of-choice-9781638127086","title":"Beyond Surviving: Take Back Your Life Using the Power of Choice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond Surviving is the memoir of a California native daughter. Born in the South \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBay of Los Angeles at the end of WWII, and raised in the Mojave Desert, I \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereturned to Los Angeles to study at my mother's alma mater, UCLA during the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eearly 1960's, a period of hope, change and a challenge to the status quo. Ready to \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ejump out of school and into life, I got a job at a bank in Beverly Hills and met the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eman of my dreams, tall, good looking, intelligent, fun and very charismatic. After 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyears of dating, I finally married him, not realizing that my life would change in \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eways I never imagined. After 20 years together, my life had turned into a series of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edesertions and I decided to take my son and leave him. He turned on the charm and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebegged for a second chance. Believing the marriage vows I took, I stayed to work \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethings out. That's when it all descended into Hell!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen Connell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen Culture Solutions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781638127086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConnell, Karen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Karen is a domestic violence survivor who became an activist in 1982 to share herstory as Community Educator and helped lobby for the first Domestic ViolenceLaw. She then was invited to be on the CA Attorney General's Task Force to workwith other law enforcement offices, D.A.s and judges, to write a curriculum fortraining Police and Sheriff's on responding to a domestic violence call. She thentrained L.A.P.D. Next, she was recruited to create and implement a victimadvocate program in the L.A. City Attorney's office.Now an author, she has written a book about her experiences, life lessons learned, and resources.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pen Culture Solutions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43174774112371,"sku":"9.78164E+12","price":16.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e8275e41-d746-4799-94e7-af76f4d3dbe8.jpg?v=1751714420","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/beyond-surviving-take-back-your-life-using-the-power-of-choice-9781638127086","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}