Surviving Trauma, Tribulation: Shattered Pieces, Loving Heart Published by Outskirts Press

Lawton, OK, February 21, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Outskirts Press, Inc. has published Shattered Pieces, Loving Heart by Michele Sandoval Poitras. The author's most recent book to date is a 5.5 x 8.5 paperback in the autobiography and personal memoirs category and is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/shatteredpieceslovingheart was launched simultaneously with the book's publication.

From her youngest years, Michele has dealt with a lifetime of splendor, success, satisfaction, disaster, rape, abuse, suicide, and even murder. Her life is a Hollywood movie wrapped up in a little 5'4" body and soul.

She dealt with parental alcoholism at a very young age to devastation to her soul in her later years through other loved ones’ addictions. Through her tragedies and trauma she has been sculpted into the lady that she is today. Through joy and the remarkable gifts that God has granted her, she has overcome what ordinary people would call a nightmare. She moves on, and progressively is optimistic in her everyday life with the love of her children, grandchildren, family, and friends.

She shares with her readers her fragmented, scattered life’s events and of her affectionate humanity in Shattered Pieces Loving Heart.

172 pages in length, Shattered Pieces, Loving Heart is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the autobiography and personal memoirs category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, Shattered Pieces, Loving Heart meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $14.95.

Additionally, Shattered Pieces, Loving Heart can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press Direct bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore.

ISBN: 9781432768188

Format: 5.5 x 8.5 paperback white

SRP: $14.95

For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/shatteredpieceslovingheart.

About the author:

This is Michele Sandoval-Poitras’ first published book. She currently attends school working towards her Degree in Psychology and then hopes to pursue her Master’s Degree in Social Work. Michele has worked in the medical field for many years and has volunteered for organizations including Bernalillo County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center, The American Cancer Society, as well as others. Michele’s inspiration for writing this book developed through her life experience. She is a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico and also spent two years living and working in the Marshall Islands. She currently lives in Oklahoma with her two dogs, Ivory and Rocket.

About Outskirts Press, Inc.

Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.

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