false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255906209m/4790431.jpg 4790431 5 <DIV><P>At 22, Leslie Morgan Steiner seemed to have it all: a Harvard diploma, a glamorous job at <I>Seventeen</I> magazine, a downtown New York City apartment. Plus a handsome, funny, street-smart boyfriend who adored her. But behind her façade of success, this golden girl hid a dark secret. She’d made a mistake shared by millions: she fell in love with the wrong person.</P><P>At first Leslie and Conor seemed as perfect together as their fairy-tale wedding. Then came the fights she tried to ignore: he pushed her down the stairs of the house they bought together, poured coffee grinds over her hair as she dressed for a critical job interview, 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.</P><P>Gripping and utterly compelling, <I>Crazy Love </I>takes you inside the violent, devastating world of abusive love. Conor said he’d been abused since he was a young boy, and love and rage danced intimately together in his psyche. Why didn’t Leslie leave? She stayed because she loved him. Find out for yourself if she had fallen truly in love – or into a psychological trap. <I>Crazy Love</I> will draw you in -- and never let go.</P><P></P></DIV> 4855347 31 3 2009 Crazy Love total:319|5:50|4:109|3:121|2:32|1:7| 319 1120 635 105 3 2 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 05:08:10 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 05:13:57 -0700 2009 lov...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 07:22:04 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 07:24:07 -0700 2009
Steiner is a good writer and shows vividly what it is like to be married to someone who is violent. I was into this sto...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 20:56:40 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 20:56:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 2 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 08:02:36 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 08:31:17 -0700 2009 But...
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"For a firsthand account that makes these dynamics painfully clear, check out Leslie Morgan Steiner's Crazy Love (St. Martin's Press). Steiner, who writes for the Washington Post on issues of work/family balance...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 14:26:43 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 15:09:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 15 10:00:34 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 15:42:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 23 07:35:35 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 16:33:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 04:32:29 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 04:59:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 03 23:16:50 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 23:16:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 09:59:55 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 09:59:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 16:30:11 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 14:06:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 25 08:26:36 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 07:38:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 09:20:33 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 20:44:51 -0700 2009
She wrot...more...]]> 2 2 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 13:06:48 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 22:42:24 -0700 2009 man who was abusive to her on many levels. It is pretty
straightforward in narrative and language; nothing outstanding. It was
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I've heard from abused women before that they don't stay because they're stupid or silly, and Leslie tries to bring that point home too. Ne...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4790431