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Twenty-three Years: Micaela's Story
A novelette about one woman's journey from bullied child to battered wife to freedom.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Follow Micaela, an adopted Latina, through her years of bullying in school for being different from those around her, to continuing the cycle of abuse with several relationships starting in high school and into her adult years. Get a glimpse into WHY people stay in abusive relationships, including the shame and embarrasment of failing, the helplessness, the need to fit in and others. See how she finally realizes that it isn't right and her determination to ultimately leave that part of her life behind.
While this book is a work of fiction, it is all too familiar to many, including myself. Micaela is me, she could be you or any number of people you may know... and each of these people who are Micaela deserve better.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Follow Micaela, an adopted Latina, through her years of bullying in school for being different from those around her, to continuing the cycle of abuse with several relationships starting in high school and into her adult years. Get a glimpse into WHY people stay in abusive relationships, including the shame and embarrasment of failing, the helplessness, the need to fit in and others. See how she finally realizes that it isn't right and her determination to ultimately leave that part of her life behind.
While this book is a work of fiction, it is all too familiar to many, including myself. Micaela is me, she could be you or any number of people you may know... and each of these people who are Micaela deserve better.
56 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 24, 2016
About the author
Serenity Valle
7Ìýbooks54ÌýfollowersSerenity began writing short stories when she was 7 years old. She illustrated these stories as well, even though now she admits she can’t draw. Her parents would buy her extra school notebooks to write her stories in and her favourite place to write was under the carport during a rainstorm. She would sit at the picnic table and write for hours during summer storms. While still in high school, Serenity had nearly finished writing a full length novel. Unfortunately, the notebook fell out of her backpack during her Junior year (she believes on the bus) and was never found. Devastated, she turned from writing and threw herself into drama. For many years she participated in school musicals and community theater. She even had a very small (uncredited) part in the 2001 Tim Burton film “Planet of the Apesâ€�. She did get to meet Burton though and said he was “eccentric but very niceâ€�. She also did some modeling in the past few years and continues to pursue that venue as well.
During this time she began writing again for an online RPG game based on the show “La Femme Nikita� (one of her favourite shows of all time). Slowly, she began to have ideas for her own stories again but always found that the middle of the story was missing. She wrote the beginning and left it until her block was defeated. In 2013, Serenity started writing again full force.
Serenity is the wife of an author. She is mum to 3 boys, currently aged 21, 17 and 2. Serenity graduated from Cerro Coso Community College in 2002 with two Associates Degrees in Social Sciences and Humanities, then went on to graduate in 2005 from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a Bachelors in Psychology and a minor in Latin American/Latino Studies. She is a proud Banana Slug and a proud sister of Sigma Pi Alpha Sorority. In the little free time she has between family and writing, she enjoys gardening, reading, crafting things, henna art, and watching such shows as “Burn Notice�, “Covert Affairs�, “Warehouse 13�, “Law & Order SVU�, “Touch�, “Kitchen Nightmares� and others.
During this time she began writing again for an online RPG game based on the show “La Femme Nikita� (one of her favourite shows of all time). Slowly, she began to have ideas for her own stories again but always found that the middle of the story was missing. She wrote the beginning and left it until her block was defeated. In 2013, Serenity started writing again full force.
Serenity is the wife of an author. She is mum to 3 boys, currently aged 21, 17 and 2. Serenity graduated from Cerro Coso Community College in 2002 with two Associates Degrees in Social Sciences and Humanities, then went on to graduate in 2005 from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a Bachelors in Psychology and a minor in Latin American/Latino Studies. She is a proud Banana Slug and a proud sister of Sigma Pi Alpha Sorority. In the little free time she has between family and writing, she enjoys gardening, reading, crafting things, henna art, and watching such shows as “Burn Notice�, “Covert Affairs�, “Warehouse 13�, “Law & Order SVU�, “Touch�, “Kitchen Nightmares� and others.
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