When MaryBeth Bowers Willet was just ten years old, her own sister, Lee, started treating her like nothing more than an object, subjecting her to cruel behavior, bullying, and emotional abuse. From that point on, believe it or not, things only got worse. Lee kept bullying MaryBeth for more than forty years, even through MaryBeth's bout with breast cancer, and tried to extort thousands of dollars from MaryBeth later in life.
Bullying, My Story
is MaryBeth's heartfelt autobiographical account of her life and the decades of torment she endured since her youth. A brutally honest look at bullying from the victim's perspective, it chronicles MaryBeth's harrowing experiences with her sister and explores the many pervasive ways Lee's insidious acts affected MaryBeth's life, including making her more susceptible to bullying from other figures in her personal and professional life.
A truly gripping, emotional roller coaster ride of pain, humiliation, and, ultimately, triumph and strength, MaryBeth's story slides a crucial piece of the bullying puzzle into place and provides a rare glimpse into the victim's world that allows readers to better understand the cumulative effects of recurrent bullying and the devastating impact it can have on people's lives.