I Was There First: A Monsers Voice

By Serge Gelineau

You don't become something else to survive.
You become what works.
This isn't a story about healing, redemption, or leaving the past behind.
It's about the part of you that showed up when nothing else could-the part that didn't hesitate, didn't ask permission, didn't care how it looked... only that it got you through.
In these pages, the voice you learned to quiet finally speaks.
Not to justify what happened.
Not to apologize for it.
But to tell the truth about what it took-and why it still exists.
Because the hardest part isn't admitting what you've done.
It's admitting that it worked.
This book doesn't offer solutions.
It doesn't give you distance.
It gives you recognition.
And once you see it-
you don't unsee it.
You don't finish this.
You carry it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GZJTMJV4
• ISBN13: 9798195447212
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"