{"product_id":"behind-closed-doors-the-mendelsons","title":"Behind Closed doors: The Mendelsons","description":"Silent Screams, Holy Lies\n\nTrinity, Ricky, Sheldon, and Jade Mendelson learned life’s harshest lesson: childhood innocence does not guarantee safety. For years, the Mendelson children endured their father’s terrifying reign, forced to suffer in silence and hide the truth. They were taught to pretend that everything was okay, even when it wasn’t. Nathan Mendelson was revered by his devoted congregation as a pillar of faith, yet behind closed doors, he was a lying, cheating hypocrite harboring dark secrets. In the shadows, he subjected his family to physical, sexual, and verbal abuse—burying a legacy of trauma that now threatens to unravel everything.\n\nWhere do you turn when your abuser is not only your father but also a man of God? Where do you find sanctuary? Trinity was the most affected by the abuse. The destruction of her childhood began with her father, Nathan, but it was sealed by her mother, Cassie’s, silence. Cassie’s failure to intervene cut the deepest. As an adult, Trinity struggles to forgive her mother for failing to protect her from her father and is haunted by a lifetime of agonizing questions: Why had Cassie remained silent and allowed the abuse to happen? Maybe she didn’t know, or did she? Was she also a victim of Nathan’s abuse?\n\nAs life tests their faith and pushes them to the brink, they face brutal choices. Will they let this multigenerational nightmare define them, or will they fight to heal? Spanning years of heartbreak, profound loss, and painstaking survival, this emotional story follows their difficult journey to piece their lives back together. Will they learn that no matter how damaged, wounded, or broken they may be, there is hope? What will it take to break the cycle? Will they learn that true forgiveness is not forgetting—but releasing?\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0HBNPQ5BT\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0HBNPQ5BT.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Matthews Riley, Debra Ann\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44492565053501,"sku":"BVV.B0HBNPQ5BT.G","price":12.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0HBNPQ5BT-0.jpg?v=1794087587","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/behind-closed-doors-the-mendelsons","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}