Marilyn Van Derbur Atler had a fairytale life. She appeared to have it all–from a prominent family, crowned Miss America, enjoyed a successful television career, sought-after as a motivational speaker, named “Outstanding Woman Speaker in America”, married to her high school sweetheart, and raising a beautiful daughter. But at age 53, she revealed a sinister secret of trauma and shame: Marilyn had been a victim of childhood incest at the hands of her father. Her courageous public disclosure changed her life — from one of celebrity — to healer of tens of thousands of abuse survivors.
