My Father's Burning in Hell - Paperback

by Mia McDaniel (Author)

A piercing memoir of the real-life consequences born of living in a toxic household with a horrible secret...

Life is beautiful for young Mia McDaniel, living with her two loving parents and her younger brother in their Long Island home. All of this is thrown into chaos, however, when she learns just before her fifth birthday that her older cousin, Anna, will be leaving Israel following the tragic death of her father and coming to live with Mia's family. Little did either girl know that what would happen next in that idyllic suburban home would irrevocably mark all of those involved.

McDaniel takes readers along with her as she reexamines her own life in an effort to understand her fragile past and shape a brighter future for herself and her children. A piercing memoir of the real-life consequences born of living in a toxic household with a horrible secret, My Father's Burning in Hell examines the lies and terrors that can destroy a home and the resolute strength inside all of us to find our own happiness in the wreckage.

Author Biography

Mia McDaniel was born in Manhattan, New York, and spent her childhood living in Long Island, New Jersey, and ultimately Florida. She received a Bachelor of Science in Advertising from University of Florida. Throughout her thirty-five-year career in public relations, Mia has worked on behalf of major regional, national, and international clients. Mia lives in Northern California with her amazing husband, three cats, and a miniature Goldendoodle. She has two wonderful and cherished children from a previous marriage and an adopted adult daughter with Richard.