Success Is the Best Revenge
(A raw, hopeful drama of breaking through abuse to claim a new chance at life)
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"Either give me more wine or leave me alone." - Rumi
My apartment had been decorated 1970s style with gold shag carpet, the passage of time added a yellowish tinge on the once white walls and the bathroom permeated the air with the funky odor of the sewer. My new home was like me, empty of life and energy.
Yesterday I had a husband, a family, and a beautiful waterfront home on Whidbey Island. Twenty years we had together, and had built a life that had been supportive and loving, nurturing each other's dreams. Before we had everything. Now Ray had everything and I have nothing. Nothing but this run-down apartment, my son, Jackson, and my cat. Kitty.
My mind was dead, my heart numb. I sat in the pit that had become my world, and watched the rats scamper across the patio. Six months ago I wouldn't have been able to predict this new low in my life. Six months ago I had been a happy, successful middle aged woman and worked toward new dreams with my husband. Six months ago I hadn't known what I know now.
Wiping salty tears away with an angry swipe, I walked with determination into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator, stocked with enough Pinot Grigio to help me through this rough patch. So many potholes in my life's path, potholes that before now I had dug myself out of. But this time had been different. The only thing that would get me through this was wine, and lots of it. I poured the cool white wine into the Russian crystal wine glass -- a treasure salvaged from my past life with Ray.
Grabbing the glass and the bottle I muttered, "Come on old friend, let's keep each other company," and made my way to the love seat with its tattered upholstery. And there you were.
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A spellbinding, psychological and raw drama you won’t be able to put down.
Sara Matthews is middle-aged, broke, and facing a divorce she doesn’t want. She feels like she’s lost her compass in life. What’s more, she has many secrets that she keeps from the world at large—the molestation that marred her childhood and a mother who is now a ghost and who haunts Sara only to berate her.
Now she must begin the difficult work of starting her life over. Sara travels to London to work with her business partner, Thomas Hunter, and soon she finds herself involved in a new relationship. But all too quickly, she starts making decisions that lead her down dangerous a path, one that could cost her more than she has to give. Only time will tell whether she’ll be able to escape the danger.
Heartbreaking yet hopeful, this novel traces the journey of a middle-aged woman who breaks free from years of abuse only to enter into another life-threatening relationship.
Based on true events
This book has won the International Impact Book Awards.
About the Author
Kathy Sechrist was born and raised on an island in the Pacific Northwest. She has had many adventures throughout her life, serving as a dishwasher, waitress, manager, educator on an aircraft carrier (during a time before women were stationed on ships), and consultant. She loves writing, and once she retired, she decided to trade in corporate memos and technical articles for novels. She and her husband live in San Antonio, Texas.