A Gift Wrapped in Barbed Wire

Erica’s life has been nothing shy of extraordinary thanks to her family’s antics, some might even consider it perfect. All of that is about to change one night when she least expects it.

A Gift Wrapped in Barbed Wire will take the reader on a wild ride through mental illness brought on by the events of one traumatic night that would lead to years of wrong turns. For the family of Erica, it will be a long time before they find the answers to their questions.

A Gift Wrapped in Barbed Wire is a semi-autobiographical novel that mixes fiction in with the authors truth while she navigates the constellations of trauma and Complex PTSD and tells her story through Erica Wiles. Mixed with dark humour are the deepest secrets and confessions carried within the fragile mind of a victim, robbed of her innocence at a crucial time in her life before she has even truly discovered herself.

In the age of MeToo, it is the authors hope that A Gift Wrapped in Barbed Wire will bring victims of trauma the courage to speak their truth, and for families and friends the courage to ask just one more question when something doesn’t seem right with someone they are close to.