{"product_id":"the-first-survivor-maureen-banfield-9781997701095","title":"The First Survivor: Life with Canada's Deadliest Mass Shooter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unflinching memoir that reframes a national tragedy and demands we reckon with the cost of ignoring intimate partner violence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn April 18, 2020, Lisa Banfield's life shattered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter nineteen years in a controlling and often abusive relationship, she escaped a violent assault by her partner, Gabriel Wortman-unaware he was about to carry out the deadliest mass shooting in Canadian history. In \u003ci\u003eThe First Survivor\u003c\/i\u003e, Banfield tells her story for the first time: of being groomed and surviving years of intimate partner violence, and of the horrific night she fled barefoot into the freezing woods as Wortman began a murderous rampage that left twenty-two people and an unborn child dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with raw honesty and courage, Banfield's memoir is more than a personal account of life with a man she tried to heal-it's a call to action. With intimate reflections and her own transformation, she exposes the failures in how society sees, supports, and judges survivors of domestic abuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a powerful story of trauma, survival, and one woman's journey reclaiming her voice and redefining her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maureen Banfield,Lisa Banfield,Sherri Aikenhead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 199770109X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781997701095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sutherland House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Maureen Banfield","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48114140610815,"sku":"9781997701095","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2a0dd19-6cb7-45d8-b08f-4a1c666d8156.jpg?v=1769619361","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-first-survivor-maureen-banfield-9781997701095","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}