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03367aam a2200421 i 4500 001 67000668940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231206010040 008 230927t20232023nyu 000 0aeng d 010 $a 2023934634 020 $a 9798985282894 040 $a HCO $b eng $e rda $c HCO $d OCLCO $d BDX $d GK8 $d KLP $d ILC $d NBO $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a RC569.5.C55 $b M43 2023 082 14 $a 362.592 $b MEA 2023 100 1 $a Means, Brittany, $e author. 245 10 $a Hell if we don't change our ways : $b a memoir / $c Brittany Means. 246 3 $a Hell if we do not change our ways 264 1 $a New York : $b Zibby Books LLC, $c [2023] 300 $a 291 pages ; $c 22 cm 505 0 $a Introduction: Brush fire -- The word became flesh and dwelt -- God's house -- God's barn -- The book of Mark -- Confusion of tongues -- The tower -- A raging river does not alarm it -- Where neither moth nor rust destroys -- Sanctuaries -- Promise land -- Down the road -- A place to rest -- A level highway in the desert. 520 $a "I can't write a story about myself as the sad, quiet child of two drug addicts. That's not how it was, even when it was. To me, sleeping in the car was normal. Better, it was comfy and fun. I loved my bed made of clothes inside a trash bag that I sank into slowly like Uncle Fester from the Addams Family movie... I loved the motels and their swimming pools and trashy daytime TV channels... Nobody could tell us what to do." Brittany Means's childhood was a blur of highways and traumas that collapsed any effort to track time. Riding shotgun as her mother struggled to escape abusive relationships, Brittany didn't care where they were going -- to a roadside midwestern motel, a shelter, or The Barn in Indiana, the cluttered mansion her Pentecostal grandparents called home -- as long as they were together. But every so often, her mom would surprise her -- and leave. As Brittany grew older and questioned her own complicated relationships and the poverty, abuse, and instability that enveloped her, she began to recognize that hell wasn't only the place she read about in the Bible; it was the cycle of violence that entrapped her family. Through footholds such as horror movies, neuropsychology, and strong bonds, Brittany makes sense of this cycle and finds a way to leave it. While untangling the web of her most painful memories, Brittany crafts a tale of self-preservation, resilience, and hope with a unique narrative style -- a sparkling example of the human ability to withstand the most horrific experiences and still thrive. -- Front jacket flap. 600 10 $a Means, Brittany. 600 10 $a Means, Brittany $x Family. 650 0 $a Adult child abuse victims $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Mothers and daughters $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Children of drug abusers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Homeless persons $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Dysfunctional families $z United States $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Psychic trauma. 650 0 $a Coming of age. 650 0 $a Self-actualization (Psychology) 655 0 $a Biography. 941 $a 3 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20240111011222.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240104011830.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20231206014920.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=67000668940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search