Interview with Rebecca Marie, author of One Month Week Day Hour Minute Second

Title: One Month Week Day Hour Minute Second
Author: Rebecca Marie
Publisher: iUniverse
Pages: 113
Genre: Self Help/Personal Growth
Format: Ebook
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Abuse knows no boundaries. It doesn’t care if you are rich or poor, old or young. It can enter your life at any time and stay as long as you let it. In One Month Week Day Hour Minute Second, author Rebecca Marie discusses that the key is to release the secrets, talk about the abuse, and take the power away from the abusers. In this memoir, she shares her personal journey surviving sexual and physical abuse, describing how abusive patterns started at a young age, how negative self-esteem continued to grow, and how it ended in her falling in love with a psychopath. One Month Week Day Hour Minute Second narrates how Marie was victimized and lived in daily fear and despair, but discusses how she chose not to remain a victim and took power over her own life. Hoping to break the cycle of domestic abuse one victim at a time, Marie tells her emotional story to call attention to the problem of domestic violence. Her story shows there is hope for others.    

Question1- Can you tell us why you wrote your book?

Answer: In 2000 I managed to finally leave a 10 year abusive marriage and as I was seeking out help from organizations I found that there was a lack of books specific to my situation at that time. I decided that I would write my memoir so that my book could be added to the list of resources available for woman that need to or had escaped abuse and domestic violence.

Question2- Which part of the book was hardest to write?

Answer: In the book there are some graphic events that I felt were important for readers to fully understand what life can be like for a woman in an abusive relationship. I hoped that this would give other victims the ability to speak up and do so without fear of judgement.

Question3- Does your book have an underlying message that readers should know?

Answer: We all need to be advocates to put an end to abuse and domestic violence. There is always hope and no one needs to go through this journey of recovery alone.

Question4- Do you remember when the writing bug hit?

Answer: When I was in my 20’s and I was doing my post-secondary education. There was a course I had taken on technical writing and during that I discovered that I could write and that I enjoyed the process and the end result immensely.

Question5- Besides books, do you write anything else?

Answer: I am starting to write articles and I am always looking for writing opportunities. I have also developed and written a workshop as a Life Coach. Check out my business website: www.fromtheasheslifecoaching.ca.

Answer: Yes, I have heard from my readers and the most common statement is thank you for being so honest. When I was reading the book I could see myself,it was like reading my story of domestic violence. One of the best comments was that; your book will have such a ripple effect. It will impact people from shore to shore and you have no idea who it will touch and help in the world.

Rebecca Marie enjoys being a mentor and her goal in sharing her story is to help others see there is hope.