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Author Forbes, Lisa, author.

Title I can take it from here : a memoir of trauma, prison and self-empowerment / Lisa Forbes.

Publication Info. Lebanon, New Hampshire : Steerforth Press/Truth to Power Books, [2022]
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Description 246 pages ; 22 cm
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Summary "Riveting, honest, and raw, I Can Take It From Here recounts Lisa Forbes's harrowing journey into darkness -- including a fourteen-year-long stint in a maximum-security prison -- and her fierce resolve to understand the effects of the trauma she endured, to take personal responsibility for her actions, and to ensure that her history does not dictate her destiny. The youngest of six children, Lisa grew up in a Chicago housing project where she endured sexual, religious, and emotional abuse as a little girl. A voracious reader, she graduated high school at 15 and went to work as a secretary in a downtown insurance office, became pregnant at 16 and, at 19, unexpectedly and uncharacteristically committed a violent act, stabbing and killing the father of her daughter. Providing powerful insights into what we as a society need to learn and confront in the ongoing epidemic of mass re-incarceration, Lisa is a stunning example of an individual who through determination, knowledge, and hard work has been able to reclaim her own life. The book ends with Lisa's rousing call to action to support the people--as well as the shorthanded employers--who need the help, and need each other, more than ever."-- Provided by Amazon.
Contents Book 1. Chicago: Jump ; Friendly ghosts ; Wiggling ; The Lake Michigan high-rises ; The first time ; Shame ; Mama and Daddy ; Sisters and brothers ; I need a knife ; Mount Olympus ; Romance ; Shunned ; In the loop ; James ; The American dream ; The crime ; Confession ; Cook County Jail ; The trial ; Shipment ; "You just have to be patient" ; Tango aftermath ; Recovery ; The education of Lisa Forbes ; The parable of the enlightened man ; Of thee I sing ; Baptism ; Home ; Prison action committee ; Legacy theatre ; My day -- book 2. Atlanta: New car, new home, new life ; Free ; Entrepreneur ; Marrying Mommy ; Answered prayer ; Really old hurts ; Surgery ; Divorce -- book 3. Colorado: Denver ; A temporary life ; Parliament ; InTown suites ; Zoe ; A room full of faces ; Armageddon ; Lisa Forbes Inc. -- book 4. The way forward: From invisible to restored.
Subject Forbes, Lisa.
Ex-convicts -- United States -- Biography.
Ex-convicts -- Rehabilitation -- United States -- Case studies.
Women ex-convicts -- United States -- Biography.
African American women -- United States -- Biography.
Women prisoners -- United States -- Biography.
Prisoners -- United States -- Case studies.
Adult child sexual abuse victims -- United States -- Case studies.
Imprisonment -- United States -- Case studies.
Psychic trauma -- Case studies.
Adult child sexual abuse victims. (OCoLC)fst00797212
African American women. (OCoLC)fst00799438
Ex-convicts. (OCoLC)fst00917418
Ex-convicts -- Rehabilitation. (OCoLC)fst00917433
Imprisonment. (OCoLC)fst00968277
Prisoners. (OCoLC)fst01077103
Psychic trauma. (OCoLC)fst01081217
Women ex-convicts. (OCoLC)fst01177649
Women prisoners. (OCoLC)fst01178398
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Autobiographies.
Case studies.
ISBN 9781586423049 (paperback)
1586423045 (paperback)

 
    
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