Why I Didn't Save the World: A Survivor's Story of Rape, Life, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

by Patricia Lawrence

On the road, headed home for her twentieth birthday, Patricia's life takes a terrifying turn when she is abducted at gunpoint by strangers. After a night of rape and torture she is left alone in the desert and soon discovers that her nightmare has just begun. Walking out of the desert, she faces the world she knew from across a staggering emotional abyss. A combination of societal ignorance and institutional collusion leave her on her own, charged with the task of "getting over it." Never quite succeeding, plagued by outbursts she can't explain, haunted by shame and guilt, she builds a life anyway. Finally diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, she finds a bridge to healing and forgiveness, though she is still working on the cure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0998669504
• ISBN13: 9780998669502
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: No Simple Hiway Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 16 years and up