Grace: A Memoir Of Survival & Redemption
About this audiobook
Some people think grace is a pretty word—something you hang on a wall and forget when life gets loud.
But for Allen DeKeyser, grace wasn’t a quote. It was the only way he survived.
Told in unfiltered first-person, GRACE is a gripping, story-driven journey through trauma, triggers, marriage, and the brutal work of staying human when your nervous system wants war. From red lights that still feel dangerous to public spaces that still test his breath, Allen pulls the reader into the moment-by-moment reality of healing—where the past doesn’t disappear, but it stops owning the future.
With his wife Marqueta beside him and his service dog Harley anchoring him to the present, Allen learns that grace doesn’t erase scars—it redeems them. This isn’t a polished testimony. It’s a living one.
Because sometimes the biggest miracle isn’t a life without pain.
It’s the quiet strength to whisper, “Here,” and come back anyway.
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About the author
Allen DeKeyser is an author, storyteller, and mental health advocate whose work explores resilience, healing, faith, and the real cost of survival. Writing with raw honesty and lived experience, Allen creates books that don’t sugarcoat pain—but refuse to let pain have the final word. He is the founder of DeKeyser Publishing, and he shares life with his wife Marqueta and his service dog Harley, whose steady presence has been a powerful anchor in his healing journey.
