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Broken and Battered

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I found this book after just coming out of an abusive relationship which left me reeling because of the way that everyone I knew from church seemed to have turned from me and embraced my abusive husband. This book helped me to see that abuse definitly IS wrong in Christian beliefs too, and it had many statistics and issues which were very supportive to the battered woman. There were sections for the woman's friends, her pastor(and how the pastor could deal with the whole situation-even with the male), her church, and even some parts geared towards the abusing male. There were 2 main case studies which went throughout the full book, starting each chapter, which draw you in to the women's lives, but also make the battered woman reader not feel as though she was the only Christian woman who lived this life. There is a safety plan at the end of the book, which is something that every battered woman needs to have, and also contacts in the Domestic Violence arena. This is definitly a book that each church should have in it's library, and it also provides a good resource for everyone to be able to use when faced with this in their own lives or a friend's.

After reading Broken and Battered, I felt I had to run to every Abuse Shelter for miles around and inform every woman there that there was help for her and why should she be in this situation; depressed, angered, and bitter when she could find a way out.

This book is a Blessing and a real must for women in abused lives. Every Pastor should read it so that he or she might reach out to members of their congregation to spread the Word that Help Is There. I highly recommend that you read Broken and Battered and then pass it on to others who need to know that there is a way out and that others care about them.

This was an awesome book! I also was in an abusive relationship, beaten by a Born-again Christian husband. The church was aware of what he was doing. But because he was successful, no one said anything. And he was singing like a saint in the choir. I was counseled to try and be more submissive and not get him angry. I was negated and made to feel like his beating me was no big deal and life at church went on as usual. This book tells it like it is in many churches. Havens for absusive dominant sucessful men.

By Barbara Roberts, author of Not Under Bondage: Biblical Divorce for Abuse, Adultery and Desertion.
I read this book twice and each time it brought back vivid memories of the abusive relationship I suffered years ago. The author recounts the stories of two Christian survivors. The stories these are compelling, totally believable and compassionately told. The narratives are interwoven with discussions about scripture, doctrine, church responses, psychological consequences to domestic abuse, etc.
If you are a survivor, be prepared for triggers when reading this book. But getting triggered can help us process and deal with the traumatic memories that lie behind our mental veils.
Recommended to help any victim survivor who wants to work on her recovery and make the slow, painful journey towards healthy, abundant survival.

This book is a must have for any one in an ausive relationship. Along with hopeful survivor stories, the author includes a plan of survival and escape for when the victim is ready. It is therapuetic and empowering.

I may have missed something but is this book fact or fiction? Are Caroline and Susan real people? The descriptive prose and dialog sound more like a novel than the retelling of actual events. It sounded very contrived.