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After the Bullets Stopped: The Scars No One Sees / When Survival Becomes Silence
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Publisher Price: $18.99
ISBN13: 9781963294590
Publisher: Resilience Press
Published: Aug 18 2026
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What happens after you survive... but your heart never stops reliving the moment that changed everything?
One night changed Dr. Ashana Evette Williams-Bush's life forever.
A single bullet left more than a physical wound. It shattered her sense of safety, stole her voice, and began years of silent battles with trauma, anxiety, grief, hypervigilance, broken relationships, and the exhausting reality of surviving when everyone else believed she had already healed.
After the Bullets Stopped is more than a memoir about surviving gun violence. It is an honest, faith-filled journey through the invisible wounds trauma leaves behind-and the hope that healing is possible.
With raw vulnerability and unwavering faith, Dr. Ashana shares what happened after the hospital stay ended, when the world expected her to move on but her heart was still fighting to survive.
Inside these pages, you'll discover:
- The hidden emotional effects of surviving gun violence and trauma
- How anxiety, hypervigilance, and survival mode can shape everyday life
- The impact of grief, family conflict, betrayal, and domestic violence on emotional healing
- Why surviving isn't the same as truly living
- How faith, counseling, healthy boundaries, forgiveness, and self-worth became part of recovery
- Encouragement for anyone struggling to reclaim their voice after abuse, violence, loss, or emotional trauma
- Reflection questions to help you begin your own healing journey
Whether you've survived gun violence, domestic violence, childhood trauma, emotional abuse, grief, toxic relationships, or another life-changing event, this book reminds you that what happened to you does not have to define the rest of your story.
Written from a deeply Christian perspective, After the Bullets Stopped offers hope without minimizing pain, truth without condemnation, and encouragement for anyone longing to move beyond survival and embrace healing through God's grace.
If you've ever wondered whether you'll ever feel safe again, whether your voice matters, or whether God can still redeem the hardest chapters of your life, this book is a reminder that your story is not over.
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