{"product_id":"the-truth-behind-the-perfect-ashley-muhs-9798295881367","title":"The Truth Behind the Perfect Picture: A memoir of survival and healing","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the outside, everything looked perfect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pictures smiled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The family appeared whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The story seemed complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut behind the frame was a truth no one saw.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Truth Behind the Perfect Picture\u003c\/strong\u003e is a raw and unflinching memoir about what happens when survival becomes a way of life-and what it takes to finally step out of it. From childhood abandonment and hidden abuse to silence, self-blame, and systems that punish pain instead of protecting it, this is the story of a woman who learned to endure long before she learned to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with honesty, anger, and unexpected grace, this memoir explores the cost of keeping up appearances, the quiet damage of being labeled \"the problem,\" and the long road toward healing that doesn't ask you to forget-only to understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a story about being fixed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a story about reclaiming truth, building safety, and choosing home-first within yourself, and then for the people who need you most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who has ever felt unseen behind a smile, unheard in their pain, or exhausted from carrying what was never theirs to hold, this book offers something rare: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePermission to stop surviving-and begin again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashley Muhs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798295881367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashley Muhs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Ashley Muhs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659895058687,"sku":"9798295881367","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-truth-behind-the-perfect-ashley-muhs-9798295881367","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}