Olivia, a young college student can hardly wait to graduate. Well regarded among her class and colleagues, she is honored with both student and professional awards. A bright future seems closer than ever. At the same time, her personal life is taking her from a protected life at home with her parents into marriage with her "first love." Was she ready? Surely, God would intervene if this was not the path for her life. Was she prepared to make this choice? She thinks she is happy, but friends and family caution and question her with their concerns. Little does she realize that the choice she makes will affect her in ways she could have never imagined and her faith would be the force to move mountains in her life. Carol Carter provides stories of abuse in her life through the character of Olivia in Against the Wall, Memoir of a Broken Heart.

She provides teaching to recognize more subtle patterns of emotional abuse and how to make a plan to escape it safely.