Something Worth Saving: A Memoir of Secrets, Betrayals, Resilience and Love
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What does it take to overcome deeply embedded family traumas, career-ending betrayals, and failed relationships? What is the personal cost of keeping secrets—and staying in the closet?
These are questions that Mary Means explores in her memoir, as she navigates growing up as a young closeted lesbian in Georgia during the 1960s and learning to love—and be loved—as an adult. Through the deaths of loved ones, the fear of discovery, and the budding of a legacy that would come to change lives across the nation, Something Worth Saving tells a story of resilience and self-discovery perfect for anyone who has ever struggled to maintain a flawless facade when inside they were crumbling.
Mary Means is an award-winning leader, founder of the Main Street revitalization movement that has brought vitality back to countless town centers. Her candor and vulnerability permeate her remarkable story.
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About the Author
Mary Means is widely known as the visionary leader who founded the Main Street revitalization movement that has enabled 1,600+ towns and neighborhood corridors to bring life and character back to their historic cores. Her work has been honored with
numerous awards. Yet most of her life she was filled with self-doubts, guilt, anger at betrayals, and underlying anxiety. Her candor and vulnerability permeate this remarkable story.
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“ I can’t express fully what this book means to me. Your words gave voice to experiences I’ve struggled to articulate, and your courage gave me permission to reflect more honestly on my own experience. An honest conversation with my mother was possible because of the truth you shared in yours.”
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What does it take to overcome deeply embedded family traumas, career-ending betrayals, and failed relationships? What is the personal cost of keeping secrets—and staying in the closet?
These are questions that Mary Means explores in her memoir, as she navigates growing up as a young closeted lesbian in Georgia during the 1960s and learning to love—and be loved—as an adult. Through the deaths of loved ones, the fear of discovery, and the budding of a legacy that would come to change lives across the nation, Something Worth Saving tells a story of resilience and self-discovery perfect for anyone who has ever struggled to maintain a flawless facade when inside they were crumbling.
Mary Means is an award-winning leader, founder of the Main Street revitalization movement that has brought vitality back to countless town centers. Her candor and vulnerability permeate her remarkable story.
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Mary Means tells listeners about her life in a magnificent memoir
In Something Worth Saving, the listener is introduced to the author, Mary Means. I haven’t listened to anything from this author before, and I really enjoyed it. This narration really brought this story to life. Mary brings the listener back to the 1960’s, where she grew up, closeted. She was a Lesbian growing up in Georgia, and having to hide an important part of her. Who and how she loved. She takes the listener on a journey of growing up, and her self-discovery. Not just her sexuality, but as an entire person. Her life that she shares, brings up trauma, triumphs, grief of lost loved ones, as well as having to be hidden. No one should have to hide who they are, and if more people acted as who they really are, then no one would have to hide. Magnificent story, kept this reader turning the hanging on every word of the story. Mary shows strength as a powerful woman, who took control of her life, and was brave enough to share her story with the rest of the world. I will definitely listen to more of Mary’s books. She is an amazing storyteller, and the narration emphasizes that. Something Worth Saving on audiobook is a definite listening recommendation by Amy’s Bookshelf Reviews. I look forward to listening to many more titles by this author. Amy’s Bookshelf Reviews recommends that anyone who listens to this book, to also write a review.