Title:
Hiding from reality : my story of love, loss, and finding the courage within
Author:
Edition:
1st Gallery Books hardcover ed.
Publication Date:
2012
Publication Information:
New York : Gallery Books, c2012.
Physical Description:
vii, 264 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9781451677713
Abstract:
An estimated 80 percent of domestic abuse victims remain silent, suffocated by fear and relentless self-doubt. For Taylor, it was the threat of financial ruin and finding herself alone with her young daughter that kept her tethered to her volatile husband. But after a ferocious roundhouse punch from Russell fractured her face, resulting in reconstructive surgery, she finally made the brave decision to walk away from a man she loved and a legacy of physical abuse that she first encountered as a child and that haunted her throughout her adulthood.
Contents:
Unworthy of love -- Erasing the girl I had once been -- Not the kind of guy you want to go out with -- The cost of protection -- Pizza without a vegetable -- "I'm afraid I'm going to kill you" -- The polygraph test -- "I've got to get out of this relationship" -- "It's your fault" -- Please, not in front of our daughter -- "It's over" -- The worst day of my life -- Picking up the pieces.
Personal Subject:
Subject Term:
Language:
English