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At 17, Elle knew that times would never get better…unless she escaped. And escape she did, to another country. ~ From her earliest childhood memories until the age of 17, Elle fought a battle that didn’t belong to her but to adults. At 4, she was removed from her parents due to physical abuse…and that was just the beginning. Elle quickly learned how to survive each situation she was given: adoption, foster care, abandonment, sexual, physical, emotional abuse, secrets, and later the search and rejection by her biological father. She was always able to hide under a smile of masks at school. But everything changed the night her father put a gun to her head. That was the defining moment Elle realized that she would probably end up dead if she didn’t take things into her own hands and escape the abuse. This memoir is the true story of Elle’s journey to save her own life and begin a new one. It is an inspiring voyage of relentless courage, self-reliance, discovery…and most of all…forgiveness. Through the darkest challenges, she never lost hope. She found that love and life can still exist if you never give up and remain steadfast in your personal journey of healing. Elle fought at all costs not to be a victim and instead became a “Survivor.”