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by Chastidy Mader (Author)
I was a registered nurse addicted to opioids.
I became a heroin addict.
Then I got clean-went back to school-and became a nurse practitioner.
This is the story of everything that happened in between.
Heroine is a raw, deeply personal memoir about addiction, trauma, impossible love, and the slow, sacred work of redemption.
Raised in the church, Prudence's life took a sharp turn-through jail cells, codependency, and full-blown heroin addiction. After losing everything, she clawed her way toward healing-only to unravel again while chasing a love she never stopped believing in.
Told with brutal honesty, spiritual intimacy, and unflinching clarity, Heroine explores the jagged intersections of addiction and motherhood, faith and relapse, survival and surrender.
This isn't a story of perfection.
This is a story of resurrection.
For anyone who's ever thought: It's too late for me-
This is for you.
Heroine is the true story of a nurse, wife, and mother who lost everything to meth and heroin-and found her way back to faith, family, and purpose. With writing as raw as it is luminous, Prudence Vector reveals the beauty and brutality of addiction, the passion and peril of an all-consuming love, and the quiet miracle of redemption.
Two meanings. One life. One miracle.
Heroine tells the unflinching story of Prudence Vector-a gifted nurse and devoted mother whose life veered into meth and heroin addiction, violent relationships, and near-death moments.
From picture-perfect weddings to police raids, from spiritual encounters to life-saving rehab, Prudence holds nothing back. Her journey exposes the brutal grip of addiction and the healing power of faith, resilience, and unconditional love.
This is not just a memoir of surviving darkness. It's a declaration that no one is beyond redemption.
If you loved High Achiever by Tiffany Jenkins, Beautiful Boy by David Sheff, or Broken Open by Elizabeth Lesser-this book belongs on your shelf.
