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Raising Randy: A Compelling Story of Surviving Child Abuse, Neglect, Alcoholism, and a Dysfunctional Family

Raising Randy: A Compelling Story of Surviving Child Abuse, Neglect, Alcoholism, and a Dysfunctional Family

Hartman, Randy J.

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Publisher Price: $28.95

ISBN10: 1440125678
ISBN13: 9781440125676
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: Apr 8 2009
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Full of courage and strength, this remarkable memoir follows the life of Randy Hartman from his upbringing in an abusive, dysfunctional family to a successful military and mental health career.

Born in the rural town of Guernsey, Wyoming, during the 1950s, Randy grew up with three brothers and a hardworking mother and father. He enjoyed running around the small community and getting into innocent trouble with his brothers and friends, but things were difficult at home. His mother died in 1961 and suddenly, Randy's abusive, alcoholic father was trying to raise the family with little success, moving the boys around constantly and consorting with different women.

Once he was old enough, Randy escaped his miserable home life and joined the military, got married, and started a family. But numerous problems continued to plague him, including his own bout with alcoholism, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and infidelity. When he and his wife were divorced, Randy hit bottom. Yet he refused to give in to despair, and went on to overcome his addictions, eventually going to college and earning a master's degree and a PhD.

A true story of anger, shame, happiness, and hope, Raising Randy delivers a compelling picture of one man's struggle to overcome the past and create a meaningful future.

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