Fallen On My Knees: A Story of Three Lives Review

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Is it a journal? Memoirs? Confession? Expose?
Let me simply call it a reflective reportage of a harrowing journey by
a pre-cursed and highly dysfunctional Alice through a merciless, urban,
Wonderland, in the quest of survival and ultimate redemption.
While Paula Bartello recalls her experiences and traumas in vivid
detail and unmasked candour, her journalistic rather than prosaic tone
remaining as restraint as that of a tour guide's, she valiantly resists
slipping into judgement, indulgence, pandering, or solicitation of
pity. Indeed, one gets the impression that Ms Bartello is not even
telling her own story, but someone else's.
It is a remarkable feat that Ms. Bartello manages to relive the pains
of a fractured home, abuse, rape, drugs, dysfunctional relationships,
promiscuity, and ultimately the post-birth death of a twin daughter
during the September 11th terrorist assault just a few blocks away,
without even hinting at self-sorrow or pathos. While the reader feels
goose bumps and fights off tears, Bartello valiantly stays the course
with dead-pan rhetoric and surgical demeanour.
FALLEN ON MY KNEES is an exceptionally well written, meticulously
measured, self-portrait in motion of a remarkable woman whose
relentlessly noble spirit and defiance lead her not only to ultimate
survival, but triumph.
When I closed Paula Bartello's book, I felt quite small.
Mark Wirtz (Author of "Love Is Eggshaped" and "CyberGod")
www.markwirtz.com

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Fallen On My Knees is a true life, inspirational story about one woman's struggle with her own life and with the very short lives of her identical twin daughters. The premature delivery and ultimate death of Samantha on September 11, 2001 sends Paula's life flashing before her eyes. She experiences all of the pain and dysfunction all over again, trying to find the answers to the questions surrounding her daughter's death and the strength to continue for her two surviving children. From childhood to adulthood, this emotional journey deals with sexual and verbal abuse, drug use, dysfunctional relationships, car accidents, mental breakdowns, abortion, and the death of four of her children. The tragedy of Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome is also covered and the reality of coping with a very difficult pregnancy. There are celebrity encounters and even a backpacking adventure in Europe. The emotional journey ends on a positive note with the psychological and spiritual growth of her family. There is hope and the promise of a bright future ahead for them all.

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