I JUST HAVEN'T MET YOU YET Finding Empowerment in Dating, Love, and Life

Narrating this autobiographical book about the author's recovery from childhood sexual abuse, Teri Clark Linden dials back the drama and focuses on the facts. For many listeners, this might be the best approach, as one can imagine how a more emotional reading of Tracy Strauss's journey might create an intensity that upstages the author's message. This is powerful writing about how abuse and parental betrayal can result in relationship patterns that make romantic connections challenging. As the author describes how she slowly overcame these patterns and became open to love, the steady determination in Linden's performance, there all along, begins to sound fitting and effective. It signals that healing can occur--with grit, faith, and the help of caring professionals. T.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2019]