{"product_id":"the-sensitive-one-a-memoir-9781647421618","title":"The Sensitive One: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt age fifty, Susan Morris is diagnosed with breast cancer—and she’s floored. Desperate to pinpoint the cause, one night she decides to type a question into her search engine: “What are the risk factors of getting breast cancer?” She’s surprised to discover research showing that long-term exposure to stress and traumatic childhood experiences can both increase the risk of breast cancer. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Sensitive One\u003c\/i\u003e is a braided memoir that alternates between Morris’s childhood—as a sensitive child and then teenager who shouldered the burden of caring for her younger siblings as her dad’s alcoholism tore at the threads of their home life—and an adult who for a decade-plus has been living a trauma-free life with a caring husband and rewarding career in nursing . . . only to be diagnosed with breast cancer.  \u003cbr\u003e This is a story of redemption—of a woman who manages to escape harrowing circumstances and start anew—but it’s also a story of how our legacy lives within us, and how healing from the adverse effects of childhood can truly take a lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2021 Foreword Indie Gold Winner in Autobiography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Susan  Morris weaves together a compelling memoir, taking the reader through  the darkness of childhood abuse and its effects on a family, an  individual life, and a body. As a somatic psychotherapist specializing  in trauma, her story is an act of compassion reflecting her life’s  journey in attempts to understand, heal, and transform. \u003cbr\u003e —Ann Saffi Biasetti, PhD, LCSWR, C-IAYT, author of \u003ci\u003eBefriending Your Body: A Self-Compassionate Approach to Freeing Yourself from Disordered Eating\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                                                “Susan Morris’s courageous story \u003ci\u003eThe Sensitive One\u003c\/i\u003e will inspire  you to learn how healing is possible despite a lifetime of traumas,  physical and emotional. Susan shows that love, joy in life, therapy, and  a gritty determination to overcome it all are a powerful combination to  change darkness to light and live a richer life.” \u003cbr\u003e —Linda Joy Myers, president of the National Association of Memoir Writers and author of \u003ci\u003eSong of the Plains \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  “Morris’s insights into how adverse childhood experiences influence our  health later in life are cutting-edge. The book is a delight to read. I  am sure that it will become loved by women and their families,  particularly those who are living through the diagnosis of breast  cancer.” \u003cbr\u003e —Rebecca G. Rogers, MD","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53189323784535,"sku":"9781647421618","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-sensitive-one-a-memoir-9781647421618","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}