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Gaslit
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 11 2026
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.28 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Synopsis
After seven years in a marriage defined by control, silence, and psychological warfare, Hermecia flees Philadelphia with her two children, seeking safety in Columbus, Georgia. The physical distance brings relief, but the damage left behind doesn't disappear. Years of gaslighting-from her narcissistic husband, his family, and men who mistake love for ownership-have trained Hermecia to question her reality, her worth, and her instincts.
As her children begin to thrive-one accepted into an arts school, the other into a prestigious magnet program-Hermecia confronts the harder work: healing herself. Through therapy, fasting, grounding, and creative rebirth, she learns to interrupt destructive patterns and rebuild a life rooted in clarity rather than chaos.
But when familiar dynamics resurface through new relationships, Hermecia is forced to recognize how easily manipulation disguises itself as love. Standing at the edge of old habits and new freedom, she must choose whether to repeat the cycle-or finally break it.
Gaslit is a powerful story for women reclaiming their voice after emotional abuse-and learning that peace, once chosen, must be protected.
This is not a love story.
It's a survival story.
And ultimately, a liberation.
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