ISBN 9781513667829. How Wonder Woman Became a Smuggler book by Edie Little. You like it when the outlaws win? When survivors turn the tables on their abusers? Then this is a story you’ll love. How Wonder Woman Became a Smuggler is an adventure-fueled tale of a child coming of age in the midst of domestic violence to become an outlaw. The narrative fearlessly and proactively blends autobiography and psychology to expose fresh truths about generational dysfunction.The 60,000-word novel is written as literary fiction and spans several genres including True Crime, Family Sagas, Coming of Age, Domestic Violence, Biographical Fiction, and Women’s Fiction. Anyone who had a troubled childhood involving domestic violence should read this book.A broken childA scarred womanA wounded motherIt reads like a reporter’s account of the era of ma & pa marijuana smugglers of the 70s & 80s. The book opens with the heroine as a child at age six who believes she is Wonder Woman. She witnesses the rape of her sister by her father. And as children do, she blames herself for her helplessness.As a teenager and young adult, she is abused by her boyfriend who becomes her husband. Her response to years of being abused first by her father and then her husband follows the classic pattern of the boomerang phenomena in social psychology where the attempt to control her results in the adoption of an opposing position instead. Once she breaks free of her husband, she rejects any restraints on her freedom and leads the life of a lady pirate raising her children in a Ma and Pa smuggling crime ring. You can tell by her adventures that she wants to be a heroine, but she’s far from it.Finally, she gains self-awareness and clarity leading to redemption and a purpose driven life.