Madwoman By Chelsea Bieker

Madwoman is a profound and haunting exploration of motherhood, trauma, and the lengths women will go to protect themselves and those they love. The world is not kind to mothers, yet mothers shape it with their resilience and sacrifice.

Clove has meticulously crafted a new identity to escape her tumultuous past. She enjoys the life she’s always dreamed of—a safe home, a loving husband, and two children who are blissfully unaware of the violence and fear that defined her childhood. To keep her anxiety at bay, she immerses herself in self-care rituals, seeking solace in the right supplements and meditations.

However, her carefully constructed life shatters when she receives a letter from a women’s prison in California. The letter drags her buried past into the present, forcing her to confront the memories and individuals she thought she had left behind. As Clove navigates the dangerous territory between her current life in Portland and her traumatic upbringing in a Waikiki high-rise, she must unravel the pivotal day that defined her existence.

In her struggle to understand how she survived that fateful day and break the cycle of violence, Clove faces the ultimate dilemma: will the truth destroy her, or could it offer the redemption and healing she desperately needs?

Madwoman is a gripping narrative that delves into the darkest corners of the human experience, capturing the raw and powerful journey of a woman fighting to reclaim her life and reshape her destiny.