Pretty, young Lori Becker is a nursing intern at a Queens hospital and is a battered wife. Professionally skilled, she is socially naïve. Intimidated by her brutal husband, Lori lives in the fantasy world of romance mysteries, idolizing their handsome author, Ian Damion. A car accident sends Francine Ross, an unmarried, pregnant woman to the maternity ward where Lori works. The distraught man accompanying Francine is Ian Damion. Francine’s full-term infant is delivered. Her casual liaison with Ian is over, and she grants him custody of his newborn son. Ian must return to Washington State. He needs a baby’s nanny. Concealing her identity, Lori volunteers. This is her chance to escape from her husband. Lori matures, develops self-esteem and falls in love with Ian, but when he returns her love and proposes, Lori must confess that she’s a married woman.
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Runaway Wife Finds Freedom And New Life Within Herself,
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Lori, Runaway Wife is a gripping novel that not only provides exciting reading material but also contains several pointers toward escape for anyone trapped in a bad marriage, especially one poisoned by physical and emotional abuse.
The plot is about a battered wife, Lori Becker, who is a nurse at hospital in Queens. She remains trapped in a marriage controlled by a husband who brutalizes her and seemingly has no way of escape. And so Lori lives in a fantasy world until of romance mysteries and idolizes their handsome author, Ian Damion. When she meets the author in person, Lori finds a way to escape from her horrid marriage and to enjoy a life of freedom as a nanny for Ian's children. She finally is able to build a new life of independence because her life skills and professional skills as a nurse allow her to build self-esteem and a desire to succeed. The lesson author Valentine Dmitriev weaves into the story is that an education helps women, or anyone for that matter, develop marketable skills that creates and maintains self-esteem which provides the means of escape from a bad life to a fulfilling and joyful life. The author, Valentine Dmitriev, graduated from high school at age 15, graduated from the University of Washington at age 19, and then earned a master's in education and Ph.D from the same university. She spent 32 years working with normally developing youngster and with mentally impaired infants and preschool youngsters. It was fun reading Lori, Runaway Wife but I also was impressed with the author's skill at weaving in values and life lessons into the fast-moving and exciting plot. I read it at home and my wife read it on vacation and we both found it to be moving, meaningful and worthwhile.Lori, Runaway Wife
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All Too Often,
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Lori, Runaway Wife is based on something that happens more than it should in life. Spousal abuse is a common thing in this world and all too often, not taken seriously. Lori is an abused wife, who's husband (Boyd) only married her because his mother told him to. His mother wants Lori's aunt's house for a bed n breakfast once Lori inherits it.
Lori works at a hospital and goes to school for nursing. One day there is a bad accident that sends a pregnant woman to the maternity ward, where a distraught man is on the floor. Lori realizes he is Ian Damion, a well known author. She befriends him. She leaves the hospital later than normal and stops on her way home to buy Ian's books. Once she arrives home, Boyd starts on her. He kicks her and she falls, getting injured. For Lori, that was the last straw. Ian is looking for a nanny to leave with him and baby Danny. Lori realizes this is her escape from her life, so she takes the job. She adjusts to her new life and slowly things develop between her and Ian. Now she has to tell him she is married! This is a good book. It's well written with the main plot, but I had a hard time with it jumping to flashbacks from the characters. Other than that, I did enjoy it. This book does make you believe their is hope for abused women. I do recommend reading this.
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Lori, Runaway Wife- sad by true story,
This review is from: Lori, Runaway Wife (Paperback)
"Lori, Runaway Wife" is a novel that is quite thought provoking. This novel takes us deep into the life of Lori, a nursing student, wife and abused woman just trying to survive. One day her husband just goes to far and she finally decides to get out. She quickly packs her bag and takes a taxi to work. She knows him so well, she is able to sneak in to get help before he can find her. At the same time a chance meeting with Lori's favorite author in the maternity ward of the hospital where she works provides her with a safe escape. She becomes a new born nanny, flys to the west coast with the author and begins a new life.
Abused women need our sympathy and help. Lori finds both in her journey and is saved from further harm and even death, although she does lose her unborn baby to abuse. The story is filled with characters who mold Lori's life and help her to be who she becomes when she finally escapes her abuser.
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