Ashley Judd is an award-winning film and stage actor known for her roles in
both box-office hits and art-house gems, and the daughter and sister of country-
music royalty. In 2002, drawing on a deep well of empathy, she found her true
calling: as a humanitarian and advocate for those suffering in neglected parts
of the world. Asked why she was opting out of a successful career, walking away
while she was one of the highest-paid women in Hollywood, Ashley herself could
not provide an answer. She simply knew that after her first trip to the notorious
brothels, slums, and hospices of southeast Asia, her own life depended on
advocating on behalf of the vulnerable. Promising each new sister, .I will never
forget you,. Ashley began writing extraordinary diaries.on which this memoir is
based.expanding her capacity to relate to, and to share with a global audience,
stories of survival and resilience. Along the way, Ashley realized that the
coping strategies she had developed to deal with her own emotional pain, stemming
from childhood abandonment, were no longer working. Seeking in-patient treatment
in 2006 for the grief that had nearly killed her, Ashley found not only her own
recovery and an enriched faith but an expanded kit of spiritual tools that
energized and advanced her feminist social justice work. Now, in this deeply
moving and unforgettable memoir, Ashley Judd describes her odyssey, as a left-
behind lost child attains international prominence as a fiercely dedicated
advocate. Her story ranges from anger to forgiveness, isolation to
interdependence, depression to activism. In telling it, she resoundingly answers
the ineffable question about the relationship between healing oneself and service
to others.

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