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Unwanted. Unfixable. Unworthy. Those are the lies Mildred Etherton had to survive before she could begin to tell the truth. In The Lie That Named Me, Etherton shares a powerful memoir of childhood abuse, foster care, displacement, silence, and the painful search for identity. Raised in instability and shaped by systems that often rewarded survival while overlooking suffering, she learned early how to disappear, comply, and endure. But endurance was never the end of the story. With courage and clarity, Etherton traces her journey from fear and fragmentation to truth and healing. She writes about foster care, aging out, trauma, family secrets, grief, motherhood, faith, and the difficult work of building a life without the safety, guidance, or permanence every child deserves. This is not a story written for pity. It is a story of survival, resilience, and reclaiming a voice after years of silence. For readers who have lived through trauma, foster care, broken family systems, or the quiet ache of feeling unseen, The Lie That Named Me offers recognition, language, and hope.

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Millie holds a Bachelor's degree in Human Services and has pursued education as both a tool for understanding trauma and a pathway toward meaningful change. She is a co-author of The Next Best You and aspires to advocate for youth in care by demonstrating that survival is not the finish line, and that people deserve time, support, and grace to understand who they are after it ends.Having spent a decade as a ward of the state, her work is rooted not in theory, but in lived experience.Married and the mother of four wonderful children, Millie is deeply committed to restoring basic human connection-believing that showing up, listening, and bearing witness can be as transformative as any formal intervention.When she is not writing, Millie enjoys journaling, music, gardening, cooking, and spending time outdoors. Through her work and her words, she hopes to create space for understanding, dignity, and connection-especially for those who were never meant to face life alone.

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