The Story You Were Never Supposed to Hear

The walls of a home can hold many things: laughter, prayer, celebration. But in RARE (The true story of how I survived a narcissistic parent with homicidal tendencies. A testimony of God’s love and grace) by Rebecca Hidlay, those walls held screams no one heard and secrets no one believed. Behind closed doors, the air was thick with fear, and silence was the price of survival. This isn’t fiction. This is the accurate account of a girl raised in a house where danger didn’t come from the outside but from blood.

RARE does not whisper. It exposes. It gives language to a pain most wouldn’t dare admit aloud: what happens when your brothers become your predators, and your mother becomes the judge who silences your truth.

Brothers in Darkness

From the first pages, RARE immerses readers in a household twisted by generational violence. Rebecca Hidlay recounts a childhood stalked by brothers who were supposed to protect her but instead became the very monsters she needed protecting from. Russ, Franz, and Pete are names tied not to family but to violation, coercion, and manipulation.

Once her favorite, Pete, was drawn into Franz’s web of fear, control, and perversion. Russ, in complete loyalty to their father, enforced silence and submission. These were not the innocent rivalries of childhood. These were strategic, targeted acts of dominance and abuse.

And it happened in a home that claimed to believe in God.

A Mother Who Watched It Burn

The trauma in RARE is not one-dimensional. Rebecca Hidlay pulls back the curtain on her mother—a woman whose narcissism ran so deep that she refused to acknowledge the crimes taking place under her watch. Her neglect was not passive. It was weaponized. She rewrote history, distorted memories, and blamed the daughter who dared to speak the truth.

When Rebecca sought protection, her mother sharpened the knives of denial. She praised the boys. She punished the victim. In doing so, she became an accomplice—not only to the abuse but to the erasure of Rebecca’s voice.

A Survivor’s Fire

Despite the years of darkness, RARE (The true story of how I survived a narcissistic parent with homicidal tendencies. A testimony of God’s love and grace.) doesn’t end with despair. Rebecca Hidlay rises—not because someone came to rescue her, but because she refused to drown in the silence. She chose truth over trauma. She decided God over fear. She decided to tell her story.

Her voice doesn’t shake—it roars. Through her writing, Rebecca gives space to other survivors who were abused by those who shared their last name. She proves that healing is possible, even when your wounds come from the people who gave you life.

You’ll Feel Her Fear. You’ll Hear Her Voice. And You Won’t Forget It.

RARE will answer if you’ve ever questioned the cost of silence. If you’ve ever been told to “forgive and forget” by those who never knew your story, this book will validate every bruise they couldn’t see. RARE (The true story of how I survived a narcissistic parent with homicidal tendencies. A testimony of God’s love and grace) by Rebecca Hidlay is not a tale—it’s a reckoning. And it speaks for countless survivors still trapped by invisible chains.

You can experience Rebecca Hidlay’s powerful, unflinching story today.
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Not because it’s easy to read—but because it’s necessary.
Because someone, somewhere, still thinks they’re alone. And this book will prove them wrong.