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Beneath the Bruises
Based on the author's experiences working with offenders of domestic violence -- an extraordinary novel about one woman's courageous journey to discover her voice, strength, and dignity after drowning in an abusive marriage.
After suffering under years of emotional and physical abuse, Syreeta embarks on a search for the identity beyond wife and mother. Now, removed
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Published
November 4th 2008
by Strebor Books
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Every Day Is A Choice
"Beneath the Bruises" is the latest from author Dywane Birch. It is both heart-rending and compelling. We witness blatant manipulation. We witness purposeful bullying. We witness abuse.
Birch shows once again that he can handle a wide range of emotion as he chronicles the journey of one woman as she changes with the loss and recapture of self. Syreeta Taylor is a mere shell of her former self. Years of victimization and abuse at the hands of...more
"Beneath the Bruises" is the latest from author Dywane Birch. It is both heart-rending and compelling. We witness blatant manipulation. We witness purposeful bullying. We witness abuse.
Birch shows once again that he can handle a wide range of emotion as he chronicles the journey of one woman as she changes with the loss and recapture of self. Syreeta Taylor is a mere shell of her former self. Years of victimization and abuse at the hands of...more
Embracing Change
Blacken eye, swollen face and broken spirit, Syretta lives in constant fear. Her entire life revolves around being a wife and a mother. She's completely dependent on her husband, Randy, who is never satisfied or pleased with anything that she does.
It's in a counseling session where Syretta discovers that she doesn't know what it is she wants for herself or who she is. Obviously she wants the abuse to end. Yet, she doesn't know if she has the power to make...more
Blacken eye, swollen face and broken spirit, Syretta lives in constant fear. Her entire life revolves around being a wife and a mother. She's completely dependent on her husband, Randy, who is never satisfied or pleased with anything that she does.
It's in a counseling session where Syretta discovers that she doesn't know what it is she wants for herself or who she is. Obviously she wants the abuse to end. Yet, she doesn't know if she has the power to make...more
Beneath the Bruises was a very compelling and emotional novel. Syreeta a wife and mother of 5 boys, trapped in an emotional, physical, and sexually abusive relationship. Finally after twelve years of marriage, and nearly beaten to died does she decide that enough is enough. Dywane did a wonderful job depicting the different stages of abuse and the manipulation that woman allow man to take them through.
I thought this was a really good book. This book makes you really think about your life when you are involved in relationships. You will really need to get to know the person that you plan to spend your life with because there is always another side to that person that you wanting to spend your life with. So all I can say is get to know that person before you decide to commit.
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