Notice of Release: A Daughter's Journey to Forgive her Mother's Killer - Softcover

Cassatly, Stephanie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1632132885 ISBN 13: 9781632132888

Publisher: eLectio Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Nautilus Book Awards Winner - 2017
"Stephanie Cassatly's redemptive memoir is a great gift to humanity."
                ~Marina Catacuzino,  Founder of The Forgiveness Project
 
When Stephanie Cassatly was eighteen years old, her mother was shot and killed in a convenience store robbery in New Orleans, changing every preconceived notion she had about the world and what it meant to feel safe. Twenty years later, she found her mother's killer and forgave him, just before he died in the notorious Angola State Penitentiary. It was then that she realized she had been as much of a prisoner as he had been. With searing honesty that will make readers' hearts both ache and sing, Notice of Release chronicles her traumatic and at times dangerous childhood as an expatriate in South America, her shift from grieving college student to high-powered ad-executive, and how she reconciled her deep connection to her own children with her fear of being taken prematurely from them. In this memoir, she proves that shedding the weight of the past can unlock a brave and beautiful future, and comes to see that finding and forgiving her mother's killer is ultimately a journey to find herself.

About this title

About the Author:

STEPHANIE CASSATLY earned her undergraduate degree in Business from Emory University and her MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her work has been published in literary journals and anthologies, and many of those works have won awards and notable mentions. She speaks on the topic of forgiveness, is a contributor to The Forgiveness Project, and teaches writing at Palm Beach Atlantic University. She resides in Florida with her husband. They have two grown daughters.

Review:

Nautilus Book Awards Winner - 2017

About this edition

• Publisher: eLectio Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1632132885
• ISBN 13: 9781632132888
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246