This one's for the ladies
If you're looking for a summer reading book and have ever wondered about/witnessed/experienced an abusive relationship and asked yourself "Why do women stay?", well here is a memoir that may answer that question, in addition to providing insight into what to watch out for in a relationship.
Leslie Steiner was barely older than you (ok, she was just out of college) when she got a job writing/editing for Seventeen Magazine. Soon after, she met the man of her dreams on the subway. Connor was a charming, Harvard educated, good looking guy who swept her off her feet in a whirlwind relationship that quickly developed into an engagement and subsequent marriage.
5 days before their wedding day, but many months after the first time he verbally abused her, he hit her for the first time. This book is the story of that relationship and how she eventually left.
I hope none of you ever come close to experiencing an abusive relationship like those of Leslie and so many other woman but I know that is wishful thinking. Hopefully, however, if you are one of those woman, this book will make you realize that you are not alone, it is not your fault, it is NOT easy to leave, BUT you can do it!
Check out Crazy Love by Leslie Morgan Steiner. Her voice is clear and the tone of the book makes it easy, addictive reading.
http://www.lesliemorgansteiner.com/
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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