Bending the Bars
Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Family Relationships, Abuse, Kids, Teen, Social Issues, Fiction
| Author: | April D Brown | ISBN: | 9788832556988 |
| Publisher: | April D Brown | Publication: | March 29, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | April D Brown |
| ISBN: | 9788832556988 |
| Publisher: | April D Brown |
| Publication: | March 29, 2019 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Survivors know no other life. They have been conditioned to believe abuse is normal.
The search for Anne continues.
Hope begins to fade.
Bodies burn out.
New stations open.
More people try to escape.
Stuck in the legal limbo land, where they are safe from abusers, while surrounded by other survivors, with little hope of full recovery. Few make it out to live beyond the bars that Ruby's Law has given to protect them. It simply isn't safe. Abusers wait out there. Often barely beyond the fence.
Can the New Underground Railroad Project stay on track to train abuse survivors to live abuse-free on their own?
Or will they remain behind the legal bars that protect them from their abusers?
Other notes:
Bending the Bars is a journey through recognition of abusers, and survivors in the United States. It recognizes how the laws protect the abusers at the expense of the abused. It also conveys reasons why so many stay when they are abused. They often feel there is no escape. Often, there isn't. If they have children, they have to leave without them, potentially condemning their children to worse than if they stay. Legally. It shouldn't be that way. Ruby's Law is a weak start to grant safety to survivors, and a place to bend the bars of abuse, without breaking the survivors.
Author's Note:
Book Title: Bending the Bars
Genre: Abuse Survival
Age: Adult
Rating: PG 16
Profanity: None
Romance: In passing.
Sex: Mentioned.
Violence: Some. Car chases, shootings, survivors of abuse
POV Characters: Jo Forester, Lennie Darendale
Length:
Arial size 12 - 308 pages
Arial size 16 - 370 pages
Survivors know no other life. They have been conditioned to believe abuse is normal.
The search for Anne continues.
Hope begins to fade.
Bodies burn out.
New stations open.
More people try to escape.
Stuck in the legal limbo land, where they are safe from abusers, while surrounded by other survivors, with little hope of full recovery. Few make it out to live beyond the bars that Ruby's Law has given to protect them. It simply isn't safe. Abusers wait out there. Often barely beyond the fence.
Can the New Underground Railroad Project stay on track to train abuse survivors to live abuse-free on their own?
Or will they remain behind the legal bars that protect them from their abusers?
Other notes:
Bending the Bars is a journey through recognition of abusers, and survivors in the United States. It recognizes how the laws protect the abusers at the expense of the abused. It also conveys reasons why so many stay when they are abused. They often feel there is no escape. Often, there isn't. If they have children, they have to leave without them, potentially condemning their children to worse than if they stay. Legally. It shouldn't be that way. Ruby's Law is a weak start to grant safety to survivors, and a place to bend the bars of abuse, without breaking the survivors.
Author's Note:
Book Title: Bending the Bars
Genre: Abuse Survival
Age: Adult
Rating: PG 16
Profanity: None
Romance: In passing.
Sex: Mentioned.
Violence: Some. Car chases, shootings, survivors of abuse
POV Characters: Jo Forester, Lennie Darendale
Length:
Arial size 12 - 308 pages
Arial size 16 - 370 pages
