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Listening Length: 10 hours & 30 minutes
Version: Unabridged
Genres: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
Written By: Mary A. Pérez
Narrated By: Linda Kerr
Language: English
Publication Year: 2018
Digital ISBN: 9781982702212
Digital Library ISBN: 9781982702229
ASIN: B07BFHTVPX

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Author: Mary A. Pérez
Genres: Christian Living, Inspirational, Memoir, Nonfiction
Tags: Mary A. Pérez, Memoir, Running in Heels, Book Club Edition
Publisher: Stellar Communications
Publication Year: 2016

“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.”

Running in Heels: A Memoir of Grit and Grace

By Mary A. Pérez

When I Was Puerto Rican meets The Glass Castle in this powerful coming-of-age memoir about a young Puerto Rican girl searching for love, security, and a place to belong.

Growing up in poverty with a troubled mother, Mary learns far too young that childhood doesn’t always offer the protection and stability a little girl needs. At seven, she takes on the role of caretaker to her baby sister, finding love and purpose in a life marked by uncertainty and hardship.

Her grandparents offer a glimpse of faith, stability, and what a loving home can be. But that refuge doesn’t last. As Mary grows older, her search for love and security leads her into a teenage marriage to a man twice her age, where alcoholism, abuse, and fear become part of daily life.

Can she overcome poverty, racism, alcoholism, violence, and abandonment when hope seems shattered time after time?

Running in Heels: A Memoir of Grit and Grace is more than a story of hardship. It is a story of survival, perseverance, faith, and the difficult journey toward healing and forgiveness. Through painful losses and unexpected turning points, Mary discovers that even when life leaves us struggling to find our footing, our past doesn’t have to define our future.

This memoir is for anyone who has known hunger, felt abandoned, loved through heartbreak, or wondered how to keep going when life becomes overwhelming. It reminds us that even in the darkest seasons, hope can find a way in.

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Coming soon in Spanish

I’m thrilled to share that Running in Heels is being translated into Spanish as Corriendo en Tacones: Memorias de Valentía y Gracia.

This new edition will allow me to reach more readers in the Latino community while honoring the Puerto Rican roots and experiences woven throughout my story. I look forward to sharing this journey of grit, faith, and grace with Spanish-speaking readers.

What readers are saying

“The moment I started it, I had echoes of ‘The Glass Castle’. This is recommended for anyone who loved Walls’ memoirs, as they have some strong parallels.”

— Kath Cross, blogger

A story of coming of age, and coming into grace.

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Publisher – Stellar Communications Houston
Editor – Ella Hearrean Ritchie
Cover Design – Ashlie Cook
Narrator – Linda Kerr