Hiding from reality : my story of love, loss, and finding the courage within /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Gallery Books,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st Gallery Books hardcover ed. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 264 pages ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781451677713 (hardcover) 1451677715 (hardcover) |