![]() ![]() If I were brave enough the first time I met you, I’d try to share what torture it is to fall in love with a good man who cannot leave a violent past behind. Everyone in my family is blonde (the people, at least).Īh, if only being well-educated and blonde and coming from a good family were enough to defang all life’s demons. A smart, loyal husband with a sexy gap in his front teeth, a softie who puts out food for the stray kittens in our alley. I’ve got 15 years of marketing experience at Fortune 500 companies and a best-selling book about motherhood to my name. ![]() I live in a red brick house on a tree-lined street in one of the prettiest neighborhoods in Washington, DC. I have an MBA and an undergraduate degree from Ivy League schools. If you and I met at one of our children’s birthday parties, in the hallway at work, or at a neighbor’s barbecue, you’d never guess my secret: that as a young woman I fell in love with and married a man who beat me regularly and nearly killed me. Go deep inside the world of abuse and emerge victorious, wiser and stronger on the other side. ![]() Crazy Love was first published in 2009 and remains a compelling exploration of what it feels like to fall in love with a deeply troubled, abusive man - and then to leave him. This is a memoir of love and violence, two life experiences that should never go together. ![]()
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