BECAUSE EVEN SHADOWS

SHINE WITH DISTINCTION

DESPITE THE DARKNESS!

Shadow: a dark shape produced by coming between rays of light; it is something hovering close to oppression, sadness, and gloom; an inseparable companion who follows and observes someone closely and secretly.

Imagine feeling like you were a dark, invisible burden in your family. Visualize your daily life engulfed in the sadness of being frequently left home alone before the age of ten to take care of siblings while also worrying about what to eat because there were no adults at home for weeks at a time. Picture walking on eggshells every second of the day because your life was an inseparable companion to abuse and other childhood trauma.

In her debut memoir, Daughter in the Shadows, Dr. Monica Hunter unmutes her silent voice concerning the childhood trauma she continues to conquer today. Like most victims, her childhood hardships harmed her choices as an adolescent and adult. She had bouts of "running away" to stay with her friends, became a teenage mother at sixteen, and endured a physically abusive marriage. Dr. Monica's purpose in telling her story is to inspire healing and hope to encourage others to speak up about their trauma.

Throughout this page-turner, you will connect with Dr. Monica's extraordinary strength to persevere through struggles. By the end, you will understand that you can create a future uniquely different from the limits you faced in your childhood. Finally, her journey will empower and inspire you to defy the unfavorable odds of verbal abuse, teenage parenthood, and domestic violence because even shadows shine with distinction despite the darkness of childhood trauma!

Dr. Monica Hunter is a public-school principal and one of the district's emerging voices of transformational leadership. You feel her passion immediately when you encounter Dr. Monica's presence in person or virtually. Her new podcast, Silent No More, gives voice to issues such as childhood trauma, verbal and spiritual abuse, and domestic violence.