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A memoir about survival, self‑discovery, and the occasional emotional plot hole.

Gunfights are lost in milliseconds.

Who we have become in the years leading up to that moment can make the difference between life and death. The ways we respond in the long hours and days after shape a life of grief and suffering, or a life of post-traumatic growth.

In this gripping and heart-wrenching memoir, Abby Eichorn relives her last moments with her ex-husband, Clay, as he attempts to murder her in a drunken stupor, and she struggles to stay alive. In the aftermath, she realizes she had been fighting to survive for years, and the hardest struggle was yet to come.

Abby structures her memoir through letters to loved ones written while desperately seeking peace. She reflects on her early dating experiences, her upbringing in the Christian church, generational family dynamics, and her own growth, all while vividly evoking the events of that night. She walks us through her first year without Clay as she cycles through raw grief, healing, and self-discovery, and shares the recovery milestones reached while fighting to reclaim her life and identity after trauma. Survivors of domestic violence, those still enmeshed in it, and anyone struggling with self-acceptance will find inspiration, connection and permission to come first in their own healing journey when reading Abby’s story.

I don't often read memoirs because they are not generally my style. However I am happy I did. I found myself relating to sections of this book more than I thought I would considering mine and Abby's circumstances were vastly different. The story was emotional and real. Abby had me from page one wanting to know more about her story and how the need for survival often out weighs our circumstances. The vulnerability, openness, and details in her story encompass the messiness of trauma and the healing process.

This book is amazing! Abby has such a way with words, and I will forever be grateful for her bravery in sharing her story. If you struggle with how to move on after trauma, she is an excellent author to read. She is authentic, and shares an endearing story of hope.

The story of

Abby Eichorn

Abby is the author of Dear Trauma, a memoir written mid‑healing, mid‑chaos, and mid‑“my therapist is concerned.” A survivor of domestic violence, she writes from the thick of recovery with a voice that’s honest, sharp, and just dark enough to raise eyebrows. In Dear Trauma, she turns private pain into a story that refuses to stay quiet, giving readers an intimate, unfiltered look at the long, crooked road from survival to self‑reclamation.

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All I had to do was reach my hand out to that little girl, take that first step toward her, and I could leave the fear and anxiety of my life behind and build one for myself that I loved and deserved.

Abby Eichorn

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