“I’m recommending a great book about bravery, pain & overcoming childhood… abuse. Judie Mattison’s horrifying reality was hidden—even from her own mind—for decades. Her memoir shares her healing journey & is beyond empowering for all!“ —GRETCHEN CARLSON, journalist and best-selling author

As a child she had to forget in order to survive. As an adult she had to remember in order to be free.

Judith Mattison had a conventional 1940s Midwestern childhood, followed by college, marriage, and children. Still, throughout her life, she was haunted by a mysterious terror of deer head hunting trophies. With the help of a therapist, she began to recover memories of severe abuse at the hands of her father.

Unearthing her repressed past, she learned that forgetting was how she coped as a child. Remembering as an adult broke her apart—and then put her together again. In the process she struggled to overcome shame and fear, to embrace anger, and to claim her truth. I Will Not Break was a finalist in the annual book awards of Midwest Independent Publishing Association memoir category. It has been a valuable resource for survivors of trauma and their support people, as well as those people concerned about issues of shame, family, or abuse.

Author Biography

Judith Mattison is the author of fourteen previous books, including “I’m Worried About Your Drinking” and “Divorce: The Pain and the Healing,” and the first woman to be pastor of the largest Lutheran church in the United States. She is a popular speaker and has served on several nonprofit boards. Judith currently volunteers in a preschool for children at risk of abuse and neglect.

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