{"title":"Yvette Powell","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"they-took-my-voice-now-i-can-speak-paperback","title":"They took my voice, now I can speak - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey Took My Voice From Me, Now I Can Speak\u003c\/strong\u003e is a raw, unflinching memoir of survival, silence, and redemption. Yvette Maria Powell shares her journey from childhood trauma and teenage motherhood at sixteen, through the darkness of domestic violence, addiction-adjacent survival, and years of being controlled and unheard to finally reclaiming her identity, her faith, and her voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in five powerful parts, from the shattering loss of innocence, to a desperate season of survival \"by any means necessary,\" through a hard-won turning point, an escape and physical\/spiritual resurrection, and finally a new purpose as an advocate for other women and girls, this memoir doesn't flinch from hard truths: teen pregnancy, family shame, abusive relationships, life in the drug trade, a life-threatening illness, and two strokes that nearly ended her story before it could be told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut at its heart, this is not a book about pain. It is a book about rising. Powell writes with a survivor's honesty and a grandmother's warmth, offering forgiveness to her family, her exes, and herself as the ultimate act of freedom. Anyone who has ever felt silenced, judged, or unseen will find both a mirror and a map in these pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51440236069087,"sku":"9798256139230","price":35.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/46vKoXBrIt9798256139230.webp?v=1790135564"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/yvette-powell.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}