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2012 Broke Me: A True Story of Pain, Loss, and Starting Over
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 7 2025
Pages: 94
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
2012 Broke Me is a raw, deeply personal journey into the heart of a man's silent suffering. When Yew Dale-Green Cooper found out his unborn child had been taken from him without warning, his world shattered. What followed was a year of unbearable grief, a near-fatal car crash, and a descent into suicidal depression that almost claimed his life.
Told from the perspective of a young Black college student in Texas, this memoir pulls back the curtain on male vulnerability, mental health, and the hidden trauma men are often forced to carry alone. Through heartbreak, breakdowns, and eventually a slow rise toward healing, Yew recounts the nights he vanished without a trace, the professors and friends who stood in the gap, and the pain of losing a child he never got to love.
But this is not just a story of loss, It's a story of survival. A story of being seen. A story of starting over.
Complete with letters, poetic reflections, and a voice that speaks to anyone who's ever suffered in silence, 2012 Broke Me is a testament to the strength it takes to stay alive when everything inside you is dying.
This book is for:
- Men struggling with grief, depression, or fatherhood loss
- Survivors of trauma, suicidal thoughts, or emotional breakdowns
- Readers seeking an honest, powerful memoir of pain and redemption
- Anyone who's ever whispered, I can't do this anymore... and kept going anyway.
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