The Black Oil Spot

The truth doesn't vanish-it waits beneath the surface.

In The Black Oil Spot, Katrina Pescador shares a hauntingly honest memoir of growing up in a military family fractured by addiction, silence, and trauma. What begins as a story of a father's invisible wounds-shaped by war and buried pain-unfolds into a deeper reckoning with generational cycles of dysfunction and the quiet cost of survival.

From childhood confusion to adult awakening, Katrina traces her journey through emotional abandonment, early motherhood, strained marriage, and the ongoing process of healing. With lyrical precision and unwavering truth, she offers a voice to the silenced and a roadmap for those learning to speak their own.

Two memoirs. One voice. A journey from silence to strength.

Continue the journey in Finding Light in the Dark: A Memoir of Resilience and Recovery-a powerful companion volume about healing, truth, and the long road back to self.

Told with unflinching honesty and literary grace, this memoir explores:

The intergenerational impact of military life and emotional suppression

A daughter's struggle to break free from the shadows of her father's war

The invisible cost of resilience-and the power of rewriting your own story

For anyone who has ever carried a burden too heavy to name, this book is a reminder: your scars are not proof of weakness-they are evidence that you survived.

For readers of The Glass Castle, Educated, and Know My Name, this memoir is a reminder that the past may shape us, but it does not define us.