Running in Heels: A Memoir of Grit and Grace (New Book Club Edition) : Stellar Communications : 9781944952051 : 1944952055 : 12 May 2016 : Readers who praised this story of coming of age -- and coming into grace -- will love this new book club edition! More than a memoir, this book is a promise of hope for anyone who was abandoned as a child, to anyone who woke up hungry and went to bed hungrier every day, for every wife who has loved a husband who left bruises on her heart and on her body. Somewhere between stealing cold cuts from stray cats and watching a stranger leave her mother's bed after breaking in through their bedroom window, Mary figured out that her family was dirt poor. Worse than her empty stomach, she was hungry for acceptance and love. She thought she found it when her baby sister was born and she became her "mommy," taking care of her needs as best as she could at the age of seven. Then she had to say goodbye over a small white casket. Mary's grandparents, first-gen