Real Rape, Real Pain: Help for Women Sexually Assaulted by Male Partners: Easyread Edition

by Patricia Easteal

If you think you're alone in fearing the rapist in your home - abused even while you love the perpetrator - here's a book that will open your eyes to what numerous other women are going through, and teach you about rights, boundaries and healing from the trauma caused by partner rape. A challenge to silence and social myths about What ''real'' rape is, with the aim of preventing it from continuing.

Genres: Nonfiction, Mental Health

624 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Shelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very important book for those that have been assaulted by partners. It has helped me immensely just in the short time I have had it. It is a hard subject and may set some survivors back, but it is must read for when they are healed enough to be able to read.

[Aliyah · Rating 5 out of 5]

They wrote this book with such love and care. A must-read for victims and their supports alike

[Alaskanmama · Rating 5 out of 5]

For anyone who has been sexually assaulted in any way, but especially by a partner, this book is an amazing gift. It has testimony from over 30 different women, including the authors, that detail out every part of the abuse and healing process.

Because I cannot relate to this experience I found the first two chapters difficult to get through, due the way the book speaks to the reader. I wanted to correct the authors and tell them to stop saying "you" because this book isn't for me. I had a shift in perspective after that, and the tone seems to change subtly as well.

If you are a victim or you know someone who may have experienced sexual violence by a partner at any time in their lives, and to any degree, this is an amazing book.