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From Inheritance to Purpose
Paperback
Biographies GeneralChristian Living
Publisher Price: $15.95
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing
Published: Sep 23 2026
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Born into a family fractured by generations of violence, Nancy Powers came into the world already carrying an inheritance she never asked for: poverty, rejection, and abuse.
She was raised by a mother who never wanted her and marked by wounds inflicted long before she could understand them. As a child, she learned early that love was conditional, safety was rare, and silence was survival.
From Inheritance to Purpose is Nancy's unflinching account of growing up in the shadow of sexual violence and generational dysfunction -- and of the long, painful road to healing that eventually led her into the U.S. Navy, and later, into a role she never expected: advocate for victims of sexual assault in the military.
This is not a story about being rescued. It's a story about choosing, again and again, to give God a chance -- even when faith felt impossible, even when the people who were supposed to protect her did the opposite.
Raw, honest, and unafraid to name what generations of silence tried to hide, this memoir speaks directly to survivors who have ever wondered if their pain could mean anything. Nancy's answer: what was meant to break you can become the very thing God uses to set others free.
If you're ready for a story of inherited pain transformed into purpose, this memoir is for you.
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