Marie (myself) finds herself at forty-three years old unable to stay away from Arnold, a boyfriend who rages at her while driving with a green-handled hammer on the seat of his truck. She discovers all her relationships have been neurotic attachments and sets out to heal the wound within where a connection with her dad, who molested her, should have been. But several mysteries need to be solved. They ultimately involve blacksmithing, a semi-truck and a dolly with a purple gown. One reader said, “Buckle up for the twist at the end, and get out the tissue.”
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LION TAMER MEMOIR II
Into the Cauldron
Van Gogh’s Cadillac, Angel’s Storm, Bear Creek Road
Marie takes control of overwhelming anxiety from being molested by taking charge of her feelings and running headlong into a wall. A few years later, alone, she handles her anxiety with a fifth of Jack Daniels and painting portraits. She wakes to feathers and ashes in her face from falling asleep smoking in bed. She looks at her burned-up pillow, tosses the burnt bedspread into a dumpster, and pulls out of the nose dive by looking death in the face caring for elders. She slips further when glasses of wine turn to white lines and a two year fight with her first husband. The curly-haired neighbor’s face glows in the match light he holds in the cup of his hands. The men fight over her which makes her proud, and defiant when they arrest her new boyfriend. “’You can’t take him. He was defending himself!’ Another officer walks up. ‘If you want, we can arrest you too, ma’am.’”
This is exactly what I needed. Thanks God. You’ve been with me giving me peace through everything, every hurt, sorrow, roadblock, frustration. Now I see the