Book : Crazy Love - Steiner, Leslie Morgan

-Titulo Original : Crazy Love

-Fabricante :

St. Martins Griffin

-Descripcion Original:

About the Author Leslie Morgan Steiner, author of Crazy Love and editor of the highly acclaimed anthology Mommy Wars, writes the column Two Cents on Working Motherhood for the website Mommy Trackd: The Working Mothers Guide to Managed Chaos. She wrote the popular On Balance blog for washingtonpost from 2006-2008. She is a frequent national television and radio guest on NBCs Today Show, The Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio, MSNBC, Fox News and other programs. Steiner holds a BA in English from Harvard College and is a successful corporate executive with 20 years of marketing experience at Leo Burnett, Johnson & Johnson and The Washington Post. She lives with her husband and three children in D.C. At 22, Leslie Morgan Steiner seemed to have it all: good looks, a Harvard diploma, a glamorous job in New York City. Plus a handsome, funny boyfriend who adored her. But behind her façade of success, this golden girl hid a dark secret. Shed made a mistake shared by millions: she fell in love with the wrong person. At first, Leslie and Conor seemed perfect together. Then came the fights she tried to ignore: he pushed her down the stairs, choked her during an argument, and threatened her with a gun. Several times, he came close to making good on his threat to kill her. With each attack, Leslie lost another piece of herself. Why didnt she leave? She stayed because she loved him. Gripping and utterly compelling, Crazy Love takes you inside the violent, devastating world of abusive love and makes you feel the power and powerlessness of abuse that can take place anywhere and to anyone. Crazy Love draws you in -- and never lets you go. Review “Compulsively readable.” People (3 ½ stars)“[Readers will] cheer as Steiner… slowly regains her sense of self and escapes this crazy love.” The Washington Post“In steady, intimate prose punctuated by surprising, refreshing streaks of humor… this courageous, empowering survival story brings the phrase ‘battered woman into terrifying focus.” Kirkus“A courageous and revealing look at domestic abuse and one womans effort to free herself.” Booklist“Harrowing.” TheDailyBeast “Riveting… An elegant stylist, Morgan eschews the easy pop psychology route in favor of a thought-provoking peek into how violence and abuse curdle into distorted thinking.” Minneapolis Star Tribune“In this gripping, compulsively readable story of romantic love and its dreadful underside, Leslie Morgan Steiner has written a classic. What makes love turn to violence? How can a woman know she is at risk? These are some of the questions elegantly addressed in Steiners important book about how she survived a marriage which almost killed her. Her painful journey from love to fear to sanity is ultimately heartening and serves a profound lesson. This book should be required reading for all women.” Susan Cheever“Crazy Love reminds us that sometimes a marriage can go from being a mere skirmish in the battle of the sexes to becoming a full-on physical war. The book stands as a warning to all women to be vigilant when they pick their spouses, to always have an exit strategy in mind, to know where the money in the marriage is, to pick up as much education as possible - all for the possible day when they may find themselves battered, broke, terrified and alone. It can happen to anyone, and every woman should prepare herself for it.” Carolyn See, author of Making a Literary Life“A harrowing cautionary tale that should be read by every woman who thinks romantic love can overcome all. I read this book in one terrifying gulp and plan to have my daughter read it. Every mother should do the same.” Elsa Walsh, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of Divided Lives“After a few moments of disbelief--how could a nice girl from a nice family marry such a cruel and dangerous man?--I found myself cheering for this woman who gets off the floor--literally--and goes on to save her o