Amazon Best Seller We Will Stone Him

Beyond the trauma: A survivor's journey to healing

Welcome to the official press and media hub for John Gambacorta, author of the impactful We Will Stone Him, the first book in the Rising From The Ashes Trilogy. This resource is designed for journalists, podcasters, reviewers, and interviewers seeking to explore the profound narrative of trauma, resilience, and reclamation. Discover essential insights, assets, and contact details to share John's powerful story.

Meet John Gambacorta: Survivor, memoirist, advocate

John Gambacorta is a survivor-advocate, memoirist, and the author of We Will Stone Him, The Beast Within, and A Life Well Lived from the Rising From the Ashes Trilogy, the first installment of a series that confronts the realities of childhood trauma, family systems, and the long arc of healing. Drawing from lived experience, John writes with clarity, emotional honesty, and a commitment to breaking generational silence.

His work explores the psychological impact of abuse, the complexities of faith and family, and the resilience required to rebuild a life shaped by harm. As both a storyteller and advocate, John aims to create space for survivors to feel seen, validated, and empowered to speak their own truths. Through his writing, public engagement, and growing platform, John is building a community centered on healing, accountability, and the belief that telling the truth is an act of liberation. We Will Stone Him is the beginning of that mission, a testament to survival and the courage to rise.

We Will Stone Him: A memoir of resilience

Reminiscent of the book A Child Called It, this book, part of the Rising From The Ashes Trilogy, began as the author John Gambacorta's private attempt to understand the parts of his life that never made sense in the moment, the extreme abuse, the fractures, the shadows, the accusations that reshaped everything he thought he knew. What you will find here is not a dramatic retelling, but a quiet excavation. John Gambacorta wrote this memoir to reclaim his voice he lost along the way. 

This is the story of a child trying to make sense of a world that never made sense.
A world where:

  • affection could turn into cruelty without warning

  • loyalty was demanded but never returned

  • emotions were weaponized

  • the rules changed daily

  • the people meant to protect you became the source of fear

We Will Stone Him explores the invisible forms of abuse, the psychological and emotional wounds that leave no bruises but shape a child’s entire understanding of love, identity, and worth.

It is a book about the quiet violence that happens behind closed doors.

The Beast Within: A continuation of the trilogy

The continuation of the author's story as he transitioned into adulthood. The Beast Within will be a raw, haunting memoir that traces the long shadow of childhood abuse into the fragile terrain of young adulthood. 

If Book One is about survival, Book Two is about the aftermath, the years when the past resurfaces in adulthood, demanding to be faced.

This book explores:

  • the anger that erupts when truth can no longer be buried

  • the fear of becoming what hurt you

  • the fractured identity trauma leaves behind

  • the desperate attempt to build a life without a blueprint

Here, the “beast” is not the abuser, it is the internalized voice of trauma, the one that whispers doubt, shame, and self‑blame long after the danger is gone.

A Life Well Lived: The conclusion of the journey

In A Life Well Lived, John Gambacorta reflects on the long road from survival to transformation. Now living in Arizona with TS, he writes from a place of clarity earned through pain, humility, and relentless self-examination. The quiet desert sunsets become a backdrop for deep reflection, on the man he was, the man he hurt, and the man he is still becoming.

This book explores:

  • The ongoing work of rebuilding relationships with his daughters and DS

  • The deepening, evolving bond with TS after years of distance and emotional struggle

  • The consequences of his past actions, and the accountability required to heal them

  • The truth about trauma: that it explains behavior but never excuses harm

  • The generational cycle of abuse, and what it takes to finally break it

  • The enduring influence of Mallory’s life, death, and love

  • The resilience of family, forgiveness, and the human spirit

This is the most honest book in the trilogy.
The most vulnerable.
The most necessary.

It is the story of a man who finally understands that healing is not a destination, it is a discipline. A daily choice. A way of living.

Interview opportunities and media contact

John Gambacorta is available for interviews, features, and speaking engagements on a range of critical topics. He can speak on:

  • The psychology of silence and shame
  • Surviving childhood trauma within religious environments
  • The emotional cost of truth-telling
  • Writing a memoir as a survivor
  • Breaking generational cycles
  • The trilogy’s arc from trauma to healing
  • How survivors reclaim identity and agency

A full press release for We Will Stone Him is available upon request.

Media contact:

Email: johngamb@johngambacorta.co

Website: Rising From The Ashes

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