Description

LEAVING is a deeply personal memoir about the debilitation effect of verbal abuse in a long marriage.Words meant to hurt can stay in the victim’s mind forever.Verbal abuse is a slow, sometimes subtle, pervasive eroding of the sense of self of the victim.It robs the person of evolving into their next “best version” of them self, and thus robs society.The author of LEAVING does not stay a victim.She leaves her marriage long past midlife and goes on a journey to find the next best version of herself, and the next after that.The author has a unique gift to reach into the painful parts of her story, but also make you laugh.The settings are fun-a California beach town you’ve never heard of and inspiring scenes in Australia. Our world is rampant with all kinds of abuse-domestic violence, child abuse, sexual harassment and exploitation, and racial biases-the list goes on.This is a book about words meant to hurt.Our society now throws angry, demeaning words around in social media, and in everyday gatherings.Words are our tools to help each other and to nourish and understand each other.They are not meant to be sharp arrows that cut another’s soul.This memoir is more than one woman’s story.The awareness of the damage of Verbal Abuse is important to everyone.Words meant to hurt, attack and demean another accomplish nothing except pain and anger.Words used to understand and learn from another in mutual respect can accomplish everything.LEAVING is a book for this time.

Author: Morris, Marguerite

Topic: Biography / Autobiography
Media: Book
ISBN: 057821783X
Language: English
Pages: 250