Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
What happens when the life you carefully built suddenly becomes a life you no longer recognize?In How Did I Get Here?, Dana Levinson shares the deeply personal story of a family transformed by divorce, legal crisis, incarceration, financial hardship, and the unexpected realities of single motherhood.As Dana works to rebuild her life and provide stability for her three sons, she discovers that surviving a family crisis is only part of the journey. While she carries the visible burdens of parenting, finances, and responsibility, her children quietly carry struggles of their own questions, grief, confusion, and emotional wounds they do not yet know how to express.When their father is sent to prison, Dana makes a promise to preserve the relationship between father and sons. What follows are years of sacrifice, difficult prison visits, painful goodbyes, and an ongoing effort to keep her family connected despite circumstances none of them chose.Only later does Dana fully recognize one of the most important truths of their experience: children can appear resilient while carrying pain beneath the surface. They may continue growing, laughing, learning, and living while silently processing experiences whose effects can follow them into adulthood.How Did I Get Here? is a moving memoir about motherhood, family trauma, sacrifice, forgiveness, and resilience. More importantly, it gives a voice to the children Dana calls the 'silent victims' those who live with the consequences of decisions and circumstances beyond their control.Through one family’s deeply personal journey, Dana offers a powerful reminder that healing requires more than survival. It requires compassion, understanding, honest communication, and the courage to recognize pain even when it cannot be seen.That positioning closely reflects the author’s stated purpose: raising awareness of the emotional impact that divorce, imprisonment, and other family crises can have on children.
