Haunted Marriage: Overcoming the Ghosts of Your Spouse's Childhood Abuse (Paperback)

by Clark E. Barshinger (Author), Lojan E. LA Rowe (Author), Andres T. Tapia (Author), Lojan E. Larowe (Author)

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Product Description
Many books describe how to find healing from past sexual abuse. But this book focuses on the emotional, spiritual, and practical challenges faced by the spouse of one who has been abused.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: InterVarsity Press (November 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830816461
• ISBN-13: 978-0830816460
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #299,263 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST book for me as a spouse., November 30, 1998

By A Customer

This is easily the best of a dozen or so books I have worked through. It is defininately Christian in its approach, even if you do not hold this world view there is comfort and information for the spouse of a sexual abuse survivor.

This book ties for first place in my list of resources with Laura Davis's "Allies in Healing" (NOT a Christian work but excellent nonetheless). Spouses, you are not alone, unique or crazy! These volumes will help you grasp what your survivor is working through and give you help in dealing with the damage of sexual abuse (for yourself and the survivor).

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Written with forthright honesty and empathy., August 29, 1998

By A Customer

An Insightful look at the effects Child Abuse can have on a survivor, as well as a guide for those who love them in how best to contend with the ghosts of their past. Written with Compassion and Empathy while encouraging an emphatic approach to attaining a life well worth living. I know... I have indeed survived with this book at my side.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A revelation into what has haunted me all my life........., March 19, 1998

By A Customer

Even as the "survivor" of childhood abuse, this book gave me such insight into the "why's" of my personality as an adult. Not to use as an excuse, but to grow from the emotional pain of my past, into an emotionally healthy individual...