Atlas of Scars: Wearing the Inscription of Complex Trauma

by Sadie Montgomery

Overview

An unexpected and brutally transparent memoir revealing the struggles of complex trauma, finding the resilience to survive and heal, and becoming brave enough to baring your scars.

Lyla Bennett's mom died when she was twelve. That loss broke Lyla's world apart in ways she could never imagine. Her step-father remarried and Lyla spent her teen and young adult years trying to cling to a family that had disappeared as her mother took her last breath. In her mid-forties, Lyla was diagnosed with Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, experienced further trauma with the deaths of her brother and father, and made a shocking breakthrough during trauma therapy that made Lyla question everything she thought she knew about herself.

Atlas of Scars is Lyla's raw and honest portrayal of survival. Her story of withstanding generational trauma, death, grief, mental illness, and abuse; yet still having the courage to love, the spirit to heal, and the strength to wear her scars as a display of beauty is fearless and inspirational.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798989685721
Publisher:	Sadie Montgomery LLC
Publication date:	01/10/2024
Pages:	214
Sales rank:	303,662
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

Sadie Montgomery was born and raised in the Midwestern United States, where she currently resides on the shore of Lake Superior with her husband and children. She is an amateur baker, a professional accountant, and won The Best Sense of Humor award in the sixth grade.

Atlas of Scars is Sadie's debut memoir unexpectedly borne out of trauma therapy and journaling. Ms. Montgomery's raw and honest portrayal of survival lets readers know emotional abuse is abuse and they are not alone. Sadie's transparency gives readers a look inside what it feels like to withstand trauma, grief, and abuse; yet still have a heart filled with love and a longing to heal. Atlas of Scars is told from the perspective of a non-traditional writer, putting her scars on full display transforming her trauma into art revealing the beauty of healing.