While her friends danced and partied at Woodstock, Patricia donned her first wedding dress. Haunted by her self-destructive patterns, she searched years for the one who would fill the emptiness in her heart. This poignant and moving memoir follows Patricia’s dangerous journey through love addiction, domestic violence, and post-traumatic stress. Her raw reflections and conversations with God offer a glimpse into the heartbreaking chaos she survived.Patricia bares her soul and shares her harrowing experiences and emotional insights from her struggle to find the courge to accept her role in her own life. For every woman who has followed her heart instead of her head, Patricia’s story offers hope and inspiration. Patricia takes the reader on her healing journey from fear, shame and anxiety to self-love and trust in God. Anyone who knows the destruction addiction causes can gain hope, insight and strength from reading Three Husbands and a Thousand Boyfriends.Elisabeth Davies, MC Author of Good Things Emotional Healing Journal: AddictionBrooks’ passage will help anyone determined to break free of the trap of unhealthy relationships. Sharing her most intimate story with the world can only bring light and hope to the reader. I applaud Patricia for her courage to help others, men and women alike.Barbara Nicholson-Brown, Founder, Art of Recovery Expo and Publisher, Together AZ newspaperA portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book benefits the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic ViolencePatricia is an award winning author and workshop facilitator on writing related topics. She is also speaking out on domestic violence issues with the AZCESDV and speaks in the recovery field on the topic of love addiction. Both topics she openly discusses in this book. She is president and founder of the Scottsdale Society of Women Writers and Brooks Goldmann Publishing, LLC. She is currently working on her second memoir on her spiritual transformation and her alcohol recovery that has blossomed since the trauma and recovery she wrote about in this book.She lives with her husband, Earl L. Goldmann, in Scottsdale, AZ. They enjoy artsy movies, good food and the outdoors.
