Chaos in Color

A Memoir of Childhood Trauma and Forgiveness

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Pub Date Sep 19 2023 | Archive Date Oct 09 2023

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Description

From a young age, Layla Salek has experienced some people as colors—her mother brown, her father green, her husband rainbow. As she notes, sometimes, when words fail, colors speak.

Chaos in Color is the captivating story of Layla’s journey from childhood to adulthood with a mother who suffered from untreated bipolar disorder. Each chapter paints a vivid, heartbreaking picture of the abuse, neglect, and trauma that she experienced as she grew up at the mercy of her mother’s bipolar swings, an incompetent mental health system, and the strangers with whom she was often left. But dissipating those times of darkness were moments of love, joy, and happiness that she felt while being cared for by others in her life. These moments inspired her to start her own family, complete a doctorate in psychology, and work with children with mental illness and severe behavior disorders.

Layla’s story traces how personal and familial trauma is carried into adulthood and how it can be released through forgiveness. This honest, provocative memoir offers a relatable account for others who have experienced similar trauma, as well as hope for healing and a future full of light.

From a young age, Layla Salek has experienced some people as colors—her mother brown, her father green, her husband rainbow. As she notes, sometimes, when words fail, colors speak.

Chaos in Color is...


Advance Praise

“Masterfully written with heartbreaking insight and grace, Chaos in Color is a brave reminder of the devastating struggle that mental illness brings to parents and their children. Salek shares the legacy of a shattered childhood with sobering honesty. With its share of humor and colorful characters, Chaos in Color is the harrowing journey from trauma to reconciliation.”

—Andrew Bridge, New York Times best-selling author of Hope’s Boy

“An emotionally gripping memoir that magnificently captures the raw pain and resilience of the human spirit.”

—Dr. John Price, psychologist and host of the Sacred Speaks podcast

“Masterfully written with heartbreaking insight and grace, Chaos in Color is a brave reminder of the devastating struggle that mental illness brings to parents and their children. Salek shares the...


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ISBN 9781632997029
PRICE $15.95 (USD)
PAGES 308

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