Am I Deserving (Paperback)

Paperback. **Abuse never introduces itself as abuse. It arrives dressed up as love.** Michelle Johnson thinks tonight is a gift. A new dress in a white box. Dinner out with Larry - older, established, generous, the man who told her to quit her job because "a real man takes care of his woman." She doesn't know he's been watching her from the shadows of the bar. She doesn't know the evening ended the moment her phone lit up *Private Caller.* And she doesn't know that before the night is over, she'll be running five blocks in one shoe to her mother's door - carrying a question that has haunted the women in her family for three generations: ***Am I deserving?*** What follows is the story nobody tells: what happens *after* the door opens. A mother's iron-and-velvet love. A brother learning that protection isn't rage. A neighbor who finally breaks eight years of silence. A police officer who's seen it all. And a woman slowly discovering how the deception worked - how control got dressed up as care, how isolation was installed one comment at a time, and how the sweetest apology can be the most dangerous play in the book. Unflinching, faith-touched, and written for the woman reading in secret, *Am I Deserving* includes a guide to the abuser's playbook, 12 discussion questions for book clubs and women's circles, and real resources for anyone living this story right now. **You were deserving before he found you. You are deserving right now.** This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…