Walking Through Oxygen

By Elles Worth

Violence is, for a child, something that lives and breathes inside them forever. Chloe Wiley witnesses beatings, broken bones, and blackened eyes which are seared into her mind. How does a child cope with violent trauma? The answer to that question is blurry and gray. She must answer the question as she makes her way through a disturbing and painful childhood, one that is riddled with substance abuse and enablement. She knows what it feels like to fear Roy, her father, and be ashamed of Charlotte, her mother. Her only sibling became the water that freezes and breaks the bond. When her words are meaningless and she has her own family to protect, what will she do? Chloe's journey isn't unique. People experience similar trauma every day. She eventually comes to a fork in the road, one that has clear and very different endings. Does she choose to stay and be a part of her family and reject every instinct she's come to know or does she choose to enter a space in time that allows her to walk through oxygen without the weight of what it means to love her parents?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0C7T7RNKC
• ISBN13: 9798396260702
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 453 Pages
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.5"