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Stalking: Surviving the Hidden Terror

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Violence and personal relationships are popular topics today. But some books seem to miss the mark. Some seem overly sentimental, focusing on softer 'healing' aspects of sharing tragic incidents. Others can be overly technical sanitizing a traumatic and potentially deadly issue.

In Stalking: Surviving the Hidden Terror, Paula LaRue does neither. Using a case study format she lays out balanced basic coverage of stalking and it's very personal effects on victims and their loved ones.

LaRue addresses the mechanics, of stalking as well as offering good basic precautions to help avoid becoming a target. She also goes beyond the limits observed by some authors, by including positive examples and case studies that show how specific tactics and actions successfully addressed stalking incidents.

A quick and easy read, Stalking: Surviving the Hidden Terror is an excellent book to introduce someone to the complicated topic of stalking.

Can one become a victim before a faint realization, much less a complete awareness of the ongoing crime? According to the author of Stalking: Surviving the Hidden Terror, yes, if this crime is stalking.

I have tasted a certain amount of this "unwanted attention" myself - attention, which even in its mild form poisoned everything it touched. When such a meaningful thing as an expression of love becomes horrifying and leaves one's heart pounding with fear, life suddenly becomes a fight, where the only means of defense is your Power of Knowledge.

The truth is that not many people realize when the line is crossed, and even fewer can label it as stalking. After Laura Blake's case which, in my mind, was an official acknowledgment of this crime (the movie Stalking Laura was made shortly afterwards), Paula LaRue's book is an official guide to how to protect yourself from becoming "Laura." It is official in more than one way. True stories of surviving, the stalker's profile based on the detailed psychological analysis, legal standings of the crime and rules of law, including citation of relevant statutes in different states and, finally, practical tips on how to deal with the situation, make this book a valuable anti-stalking tool.