The Crooked Road to Happily Ever After: Thriving After Decades of Trauma

About this book

Truth can be wilder than fiction. For Giselle Harris and her patchwork of siblings, their growing-up years included murder, suicide, prison, drug addiction, alcoholism, rape, incest, prostitution-and a stepmother to rival Cinderella's. As Giselle's sister Kelly would say, "It makes amazing reading "' But the most stunning thing is that Giselle survived, making this a story of recovery, redemption, and abundant life. Despite the rollercoaster start of her first three decades, Giselle emerged upbeat and able to find the humor in her upbringing: She and her sibs stuff their pockets with stolen candy bars (and get caught); dream of a foster home (which vanishes); and whomp a drunk upside the head with a two-by-four. The kids get on a first-name basis with the cops, who soon start coaching them on how to survive. Throughout it all, Giselle holds tight to her dream of becoming a Rodeo Drive hairstylist to Hollywood stars. The Crooked Road to Happily Ever After is the inspiring true story of a girl who overcomes a Mount Rainier-size pile of odds stacked against her to finally live, as she says, happily ever after.

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9781958808597

Publisher

Sidekick Press

Published

October 6, 2026

Pages

250

Weight

12 oz

Subject

Biography & Autobiography