A young mother is lost, trying to save herself from a deep and dangerously dark place. Her own strength and intelligence are working against her, having been fed for years with abuse and lies. With the tenacity of a mom insisting on becoming healthy for her children and the help of an uncommon stranger, the tangle of abuse and lies is recognized, examined, and severed._______________________ Sever the Cycle of Abuse with the Sub Shop Savior is a true personal story written with candor, empathy, and insight by international brain change and behavior expert Dr. Lynette Louise, The Brain Broad, with the inclusion of illustrations by Ronan Paris (one of her grandchildren), layout, design, and collage by Kathleen Carman (woman on the autism spectrum) of Exceptional Minds and Tawd b. Dorenfeld of Tink Tank Animate LLC. Whether seeking answers to your own personal tangle of abuse and lies or simply desiring a story that pulls you in and gives you the gift of perspective and understanding, this book - in presentation, storytelling, and message - has the ability to do both. The fact is, that's what it was created to do.
Sever the Cycle of Abuse with The Sub Shop Savior, by Dr. Lynette Louise, is the sort of book that, once I began reading it, despite its being divided into a few chapters, I could not put down! The story is so well-written, and Ronan Paris' anime-like illustrations such a perfect complement to it, the combination transports the reader from wherever they are sitting, right into the book beside the characters, experiencing everything right along with them. And, more than being simply a riveting story that ends at the last page, this book is a story that can stay active in the thoughts of readers seeking and choosing their way out of abuses in their own lives.