Survival Girl
How many times can life knock you down before you stop getting back up?
For Tanya, giving up has never been an acceptable answer.
Growing up in Chicago, Tanya learns early that life will not be easy. She struggles in school, faces ridicule and bullying, and grows up in a troubled household dominated by an alcoholic and often violent father. With few role models and little encouragement, Tanya nevertheless develops something that will carry her through the years ahead: an instinct for survival.
Adulthood brings freedom, but not the easy life she imagined. Tanya searches for love, financial security, acceptance, and a place where she truly belongs. Along the way she encounters friendship and betrayal, questionable romances, family conflict, housing and money problems, and dreams that repeatedly seem just beyond her reach. Even her pursuit of an acting career brings rejection and uncomfortable situations before she finally begins landing roles and seeing herself on screen.
Then there is Pete. What begins as romance eventually leads Tanya to marriage and hopes for the stable future she has always wanted. But when their relationship begins to fracture, another devastating setback forces her to confront life without the security she thought she had finally found.
Still, Tanya gets back up.
As she rebuilds her life and returns to acting, Tanya begins to understand that success does not have to mean becoming a famous movie star. Sometimes success is having the courage to pursue what matters to you, even when other people question your choices. Her determination eventually puts her on the big screen, and she discovers she can be happy even without becoming a major star.
Survival Girl is a candid story of resilience, dysfunctional family relationships, love, betrayal, self-discovery, personal growth, and starting over. Through Tanya's imperfect choices and hard-earned lessons emerges a message for anyone who has struggled to find a place in the world: your beginning does not have to determine where your story ends.
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