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This is a book that demonstrates that when it comes to love, our early issues override whatever cognitive and educational development we may have achieved. The author presents a well-written and insightful look at her own journey.


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The Full Catastrophe A Memoir Karen Elizabeth Lee Books Reviews

Karen Elizabeth Lee writes openly and honestly about the difficult issues of finding real love and rising above the painful experiences of childhood and family life that haunt us. She takes us on her difficult and tumultuous journey, wondering, with her, if she will be able to overcome her haunting past, and like the author herself, the reader is left with hope for a better life.
Once you start reading this book, you won't want to put it down. It's the story of one woman's journey, through abuse and pain, a very frank and honest account of the pain of abuse, physical, mental, and emotional throughout her life. Lee shares her life with us, and her search for the truth, love, and self-knowledge. She is very courageous in writing about her relationships and the abuse she suffered from the men in her life, and the way in which she begins to rebuild her life after the death of her second husband. I found The Full Catastrophe deeply moving, beautifully written, very readable, courageous and very inspiring. I highly recommend it as a memoir well worth reading for every woman.
This memoir is a deeply personal, touching, and frightening look into the drama and pain of emotional abuse, how financial wealth and academic achievements offer no immunity, and how, ultimately, the author navigates her way to safety.

At its heart, lies a deft depiction of one of the mysteries and dilemmas of being human that our inner wounds, and the yearnings of our unmet needs, are often only understood and reflected through interaction, however painful, with others. And the tremendous courage required to examine the reality and illusions of our external world, while trying to heal our inner selves.

In strong prose, Lee reveals the challenges and the victories of embarking on just such a difficult journey. As readers we cheer her on.
The seeds of our discontent and self-image are sowed within us as children. They grow with our responses to our circumstances, the messages we internalize, and the choices we make. Our reactive natures and behavior develop; the well of our emotions deepens until all seem inextricably intertwined. They become the lenses through which we experience life.

We can become gradually more miserable without understanding the true causes, even the full degree of our suffering, accepting our plights as “normal,” thinking ourselves unable to extricate ourselves. We are inured to our potential for joy. We confuse surface distractions, like professional success and material wealth, with happiness. Such is the plight of Karen Elizabeth Lee at the opening of her exquisite memoir, The Full Catastrophe.

She speaks for many women in this clear, incisive torch of a book. Her confession is as brave as it is inspiring. Her words shine a light on the path, on the slender threads, leading out of the maze of domestic misery inhabited by millions of people. We are all searching for love, it seems, but in so many wrong places.

The story of Ms. Lee’s cascade of sorrows begins in girlhood, recounts verbal and physical assault by two husbands, the rapid decline and death of the second, and much family drama–all while she becomes a highly successful consulting psychologist, undergoes years of psychotherapy and travels the world. She knows whereof she speaks.

Well written in concise prose filled with vivid descriptions of her inner and outer experiences as she treads the path to personal truth, this gorgeous memoir will grab your attention and shake you by the shoulders. A Finalist in the 2016 Indie Book Awards, this spellbinding book will pay you well for your investment of time and attention. You’ll be thinking about its uplifting message long after the reading is done.
"A well written, compelling autobiography exploring the sometimes dark journey of an attractive, educated woman as she endures ups and downs seeking happiness and fulfillment."
The author bears it all. She does not hold back on the the cringe-worthy decisions and experiences in her journey to healing.
This is a book that demonstrates that when it comes to love, our early issues override whatever cognitive and educational development we may have achieved. The author presents a well-written and insightful look at her own journey.