Bent but Not Broken

Drove to insanity by the constant upheaval in her family life, Evelyn is tossed from one dysfunctional relationship to the next. Thinking that her college education has helped to prepare her for the "real world," she embarked on a journey to self-realization which eventually turned deadly.

Evelyn Taylor has never had a pristine life. Her father, a Vietnam War veteran and womanizer, has no regard for the women in his life leaving Evelyn and her mother to bond as they both make efforts to empower themselves despite the men in their lives. Not able to find empowerment within herself, Evelyn allows deadbeat father and small time criminal Keith Thompson to find refuge in her home. Soon after, Evelyn's life takes a turn for the worse as she comes to terms with the person Keith really is and the secrets he has been hiding. Based on true life events, Bent but Not Broken chronicles the thoughts of a young woman who has been abused in every way possible. As she struggles to form a "family" of her own, she confronts the dysfunctional manner in which she was raised as well as the emotionally, sexually and physically abusive relationship she has entered as an adult. Bent but Not Broken takes us into young Evelyn's mind as she struggles to raise her self-esteem once and for all. This title has a word-count of approximately 100,000. This is M Boss's first full-length novel.