Woman of Steel

Woman of Steel is the memoir of Mary growing up in a hostile home, enduring rape, beatings, slave-like conditions and atrocious abuse, by a mother who wished she had never been born. Her story begins at the end of WWII, in farm country in New York. Mary also tells of her private moments including the paranormal and visits with a favored extra-terrestrial. She tells her intriguing story demonstrating her will to not just survive the harsh conditions she finds herself experiencing, and what she did to overcome it all so she could thrive. Readers will weep for Mary as she suffers untold cruelties inflicted upon by her parents, will wonder at the paranormal experiences that give Mary comfort, and will feel Mary's anguish when she allows herself to feel her own pain in her private moments. And readers will cheer her on when Mary stands against her abusers, each time increasing her power for herself.