Stepping Back from the Ledge

In this seismically moving memoir The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice , one woman asks a seemingly impossible question in the aftermath of her mother's suicide- how do you mourn a loved one as you repair the injuries they inflicted. Laura Trujillo resurfaces from the dark sub-basement of despair with assurances for us all- there is hope. There is healing. Always, there is love. This book will save lives. Connie Schultz, author of The Daughters of ErietownLaura Trujillo had been close to her mother for most of her adult life, raising her four children within a few miles of their beloved grandmother's Phoenix home. But just three months after moving her young family to Cincinnati for a new job, Laura receives shocking news- her mother had taken her own life by jumping off a ledge into the Grand Canyon, a place Laura knew her mother had always loved. Laura and her mother had shared a profound and special bond, yet each had also kept from the other the deepest truths about their lives. As an adult, Laura finally broke her silence about the sexual abuse she had suffered as a teenager at the hands of her stepfather, a secret Laura had buried to protect her mother.