Catch Me as I Fall - Fox, Debbie

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Résumé :
Catch Me as I Fall: Rising from the Wreckage by Debbie Fox is a true story of emotional fraud, public silence, and one woman's fight to reclaim her voice across borders and back to herself. When Natalie meets Alex online, she believes she has found a second chance at love and a future filled with hope. But the man behind the screen is not who he claims to be. What begins as a romantic connection becomes a psychological entanglement that unravels everything she thought she knew about trust, intuition, and herself. Once the truth emerges, the emotional devastation is only the beginning. The follow-up to Encrypted Hearts: Love and Cyber Suspense, this powerful memoir reveals the aftermath of cyber-enabled romance fraud: the shame, confusion, financial and emotional harm, and deafening silence that too often follows. Going public with her story, Natalie must recover not only from the crime, but from a culture that still blames victims for the manipulation used against them. With unflinching honesty and poetic clarity, author Debbie Fox explores the hidden impact of romance scams, financial fraud, online deception, and emotional coercion. Natalie's journey unfolds from therapy rooms in Colorado to the sunlit coasts of southern Italy, where she begins to rediscover her strength, self-trust, and voice. What was once an escape becomes a return: to truth, to agency, and to power. For readers of Eat Pray Love, Wild, and Educated, Catch Me as I Fall offers an honest and empowering look at what it means to rebuild after betrayal-not just to survive, but to speak....

Sommaire:
Debbie Fox is a published author, speaker, cybercrime survivor and advocate. She is committed to raising awareness and driving change to disrupt transnational fraud networks, strengthen law enforcement response, and protect victims from financial and emotional exploitation. Her debut novel, Encrypted Hearts: Love and Cyber Suspense, was inspired by her lived experience through romance fraud-where trust was weaponized and the digital world collided with devastating real-life consequences. The sequel, Catch Me as I Fall: Rising from the Wreckage, continues that journey, tracing the emotional fallout, public reckoning, and her fight to speak out-for herself and for the millions navigating cybercrime's aftermath. As part of her advocacy, Debbie created the FLOW Journal: A Companion for Healing and Renewal and FLOW Circle, a peer-led support model used in trauma recovery. These mindfulness tools offer survivors a compassionate, community-based path to healing-bridging the gap between personal growth and systemic support. In 2018, Debbie founded Flow with Debbie Fox, a lifestyle brand rooted in storytelling, meaningful design, and a desire to spread empowerment. The brand reflects her passion through written and digital content, and custom merchandise. Through her books, public speaking, and legislative efforts, Debbie stands at the intersection of personal truth and public advocacy-challenging the silence that surrounds cyber-enabled crime. Her work centers on the belief that voice is power. She lives in Colorado, is a proud mother and grandmother, and finds peace in coastal horizons, writing, and the quiet knowing that survival is only the beginning....