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    The Stranger in My Bed: Breaking the Cycle of Abuse
    The Stranger in My Bed: Breaking the Cycle of Abuse
    The Stranger in My Bed: Breaking the Cycle of Abuse
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    The Stranger in My Bed: Breaking the Cycle of Abuse

    By Patricia Marie Garcia

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    South Lyon was a tiny, quaint town where everyone knew everyone else and their business. So what went on behind closed doors stayed behind closed doors. Author Patricia Garcia was a terrible student. She had a very hard time grasping what the teacher was trying to get across to her in class. When she entered high school, that was the very worst time for her.

    She tried very hard, but she just could not take it in. She struggled through high school. When it was time for her to graduate, she was not sure she was going to make it. Her father was so angry at her that he sent her mom over to talk to the principal, to see if she was indeed going to graduate. Her mom was told she would graduate but not by much. The abuse started, and you will see just how she lived through it all.

    Her childhood was the beginning of all of the abuse she endured and how she finally broke the cycle of hurt.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbbott Press
    Release dateMar 7, 2013
    ISBN9781458207944
    The Stranger in My Bed: Breaking the Cycle of Abuse

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      Book preview

      The Stranger in My Bed - Patricia Marie Garcia

      The Stranger

      in my Bed

      breaking the cycle of abuse

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      Patricia Marie Garcia

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      The Stranger in my Bed

      breaking the cycle of abuse

      Copyright © 2013 Patricia Marie Garcia.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4582-0793-7 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4582-0794-4 (e)

      Abbott Press rev. date: 1/18/2013

      Contents

      About the Author

      Synopsis

      Chapter 1 Wonderful first few years

      Chapter 2 The Abuse Begins

      Chapter 3 Moving back to South Lyon

      Chapter 4 Growing up

      Chapter 5 Life was changing

      Chapter 6 Curtis Wayne Underhill

      Chapter 7 The Move

      Chapter 8 The Suicide

      Chapter 9 The Shocking Truth

      Chapter 10 The Dirty Old Man

      Chapter 11 Near Death

      Chapter 12 Losing my best friend

      Chapter 13 Watching my oldest son leaving

      Chapter 14 Meeting my life saver

      Chapter 15 Daughter Changed her Feelings

      Chapter 16 Losing his Only Son

      Chapter 17 Losing half of a person

      About the Author

      I was born in 1943 in a small town in Michigan; South Lyon was a small tiny quaint town where everyone knew everyone else and their business. So what went on behind closed doors stayed behind closed doors? As you will soon read.

      I was a very terrible student in school. I had a very hard time grasping what the teacher was trying to get across to the class. When I entered high school that was the worst time for me.

      I tried so hard but I just could not take it in. I struggled all through high school, when it came time for me to graduate I was not sure I was going to make it. My father was so angry at me that he sent my mom over to talk to the principal to see if I was going to make it or not. My mom was told I would graduate but not by much. The abuse started and you will see just how I lived through it all.

      My childhood was the beginning of all of the abuse I have endured and how I finally broke the cycle of hurt.

      I have lived with this for almost 50 years and I want to help anyone else with the same problems.

      Synopsis

      The Stranger in my Bed

      A story of years of abuse and the time it took me to brake this horrible cycle. So you see it took many years to get to where I am today. Guilt is still there, but way in the back of my mind. I live a great life and this is how I broke free!

      If it had not been for my second husband I would have died years ago.

      Chapter 1

      Wonderful first few years

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      Born in South Lyon September 19, 1943. I came in this world at Mrs. Havashaw’s she was the midwife in the small town. Most all of the babies born at that time were born at her house; she helped with birthing, signed the birth certificate and took care of mom and their new born. My dad was happy about me being born but he really wanted a boy.

      The first year was normal for mom and dad and me.

      My father got his Uncle Sam wants you letter, I was only about 2 ½ years old and I was sent to live with my Aunt Erma and Uncle Charlie, They lived in just a basement and had a ton of kids not even sure how many they had. Mom and dad thought they would not know they had one extra kid. I was sent off with bag and baggage to live with them while my mom went with my father to California for his training. I stayed with them for what seemed life forever.

      When my father came home from serving in the Marines, he was sent to Okinawa Beach and fought in WW II, he saw horrendous sites, and he was never the same after that. He had become a mean bitter hateful man.

      It was a great time for

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