By: Michael Clark
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About the Book
When Lucy and her sister Meg think their mother is finally safe after an assault, she chooses to stay with her husband. Desperate and determined to protect her, the sisters secretly install cameras—expecting clarity and finding complexity. What Lucy uncovers challenges everything she’s been taught about victimhood, accountability, and truth.
My Review
There are many preconceived notions about what domestic violence looks like, and this book makes you think twice about what you thought you knew. I recognized what was happening pretty quickly. There were a few characters, namely Meg and Brenda, that infuriated me quickly. There is such a thing as being blinded and they were blinded. This book really wants you to realize that ANYONE can be an abuser and ANYONE can be a victim. Sometimes lines are blurry, sometimes people lie.
I come into reading this book with a bit of my own experience working with victims of domestic violence. When I was in law school, I spent a summer interning with the San Diego Family Justice Center assisting victims of domestic violence obtaining restraining orders against their abusers (this was more than 10 years ago now). And the abuse all looked very different – physical, mental, emotional… and even cyber stalking by watching someone through their computer camera.
I applaud this author being so open and forth coming about he being a former offender. He has written a book about that as well.
About the Author
Michael Clark leads the Ananias Foundation, a nonprofit focused on ending domestic violence at its root by helping those who’ve caused harm change for good. His perspective is hard-won: a former offender who transformed his life, he writes with honesty, compassion, and deep insight into how real change happens. He’s also the author of the memoir From Villain to Hero. Learn more at michaelclarkauthor.com.
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