Author Description

She wasn’t supposed to make it out. A broken childhood led her into addiction, crime, and decades of running from pain she never chose. The world saw a lost cause—a statistic in the making. But God saw a daughter who hadn’t met Him yet. In The Day the Chains Fell, Amanda Swanzy shares the raw, unfiltered truth of the life she survived: the trauma that shaped her, the drugs that consumed her, the crimes that swallowed years of her life, and the prison cell where everything finally changed. When addiction had taken everything… When relationships shattered… When freedom was stripped away… Grace stepped in. This is more than a story about hitting rock bottom. It’s about what happens when Jesus meets you there. With honesty, grit, and hope, Amanda reveals how Christ transformed her from the inside out—and how the last six years have become the proof of God’s power to restore even the most shattered life. A memoir for anyone who’s ever felt too broken, too far gone, or too lost to be redeemed. Because redemption isn’t just possible—it’s promised.