{"product_id":"2940045821759","title":"Finding Gloria: Special Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003ePouring her own hardships out onto the page, Marianne Curtis recounts her experiences growing up as an adopted child: adopted at birth, she was raised in a household where she was subjected to terrible and heart breaking forms of abuse. Her adoptive mother repeatedly tried to break her spirit, insisting that she was worthless and unwanted. In a desperate attempt to escape her circumstance, Curtis fled, as a teenager, to another city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesperate for acceptance and love, she married at age eighteen, and, by twenty-four, had four children. Her insecurities from her traumatic childhood followed her, however, and eventually led to the dissolution of three marriages and her own mental breakdown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, after the death of her adoptive mother, Curtis searched out her birth family, found them through Facebook, and eventually came to a place of love, healing, peace, and acceptance through the family she had not known for more than four decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn inspiring story about rising from the ashes of our pasts, Marianne Curtis’ memoir is written in a pure, vivid voice, and draws readers in with her will to survive despite the seemingly insurmountable struggles that she faced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinding Gloria is one woman’s incredible story of love, loss, redemption, and forgiveness, even in the face of devastating events. A beautiful and moving tale, Curtis’ raw emotion and fragile hope is revealed through her candid prose and unbreakable spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis special edition comes with 48 EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHS!!!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marianne Curtis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148841402608,"sku":"2940045821759","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045821759_p0.jpg?v=1763980073","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045821759","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}