The Road to Big Bear: A Memoir of Survival, Faith, and Forgiveness

The Road to Big Bear: A Memoir of Survival, Faith, and Forgiveness

Emerging from twenty years of domestic violence, Liz Alley shares her transformative journey in The Road to Big Bear: A Story of Survival, Faith, and Forgiveness. This captivating and occasionally laugh-out-loud saga spans three decades of social change in California during the 1950s, when seatbelts were non-existent and the “Golden State” was flourishing in prosperity. Tighten your now mandated seat belt and continue with Liz through the “Counterculture Era” of the 1960s, with the rise of the hippie movement, and significant social and political upheaval. A sharp curve takes her spiraling when, in 1970, pregnancy and marriage to a Vietnam veteran with PTSD and a complicated past leave her with roadblocks and detours she never saw coming. When a battered women’s group facilitator finally convinces her that she is a victim of domestic violence, Liz decides to find safety in Big Bear, where her story changes course and not always for the better. It’s in Colorado where she navigates a bumpy yet ultimately rewarding path of healing and self-empowerment. With humor and honesty, Liz inspires fellow survivors of domestic violence to take the wheel and map out their journeys toward renewal and freedom from abuse.