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SURVIVING
Why We Stay and How We Leave Abusive Relationships
An exquisite, powerful memoir of healing, survivorship, and dedication to helping others from the creator of #WhyIStayed.
One Saturday morning, Gooden is woken up by her husband shoving her off the bed for no discernable reason.
"My mind raced through the options. A hallway separated our bedroom and bathroom, and my side of the bed had a clear path to its entrance. It was the only room in the house that had a working lock, making it the obvious place to run to safety. But the floor next to where I'd landed had a creak in it, so he would know exactly when I was making my move."
Despite her quick thinking and even quicker footsteps, her husband catches her, his sudden anger unfathomable. No words are exchanged. For the first time, he strangles her nearly to death.
"I woke up that morning, both literally and figuratively. This time, I knew beyond a shadow of self-doubt that I had a choice to make: either stay in the marriage and risk dying by my husband's hands, or walk away and live."
With unflinching vulnerability, Beverly Gooden outlines in painstaking detail what she had to do to walk away from an abusive marriage and how others can learn from her experiences, from skimming the grocery money, to squirreling away personal belongings, to navigating domestic violence shelters. She offers strategies for how to overcome the barriers survivors often come up against, such as money, logistics, social circles, or, most powerfully, love.
Uniquely compassionate when it comes to the heartbreak of still loving one's abuser, Gooden shares how she transformed and extended this love from herself-outward, using her story to encourage others to share their own after the 2014 Ray Rice incident sparked #WhyIStayed and propelled her into the national spotlight.
Beverly Gooden is a social activist and speaker known for her groundbreaking hashtag movement, #WhyIStayed. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the U.S. Office on Women's Health, and TIME Magazine. She is the recipient of Investigation Discovery and Glamour magazine's Inspire A Difference "Everyday Hero" Award.
"My mind raced through the options. A hallway separated our bedroom and bathroom, and my side of the bed had a clear path to its entrance. It was the only room in the house that had a working lock, making it the obvious place to run to safety. But the floor next to where I'd landed had a creak in it, so he would know exactly when I was making my move."
Despite her quick thinking and even quicker footsteps, her husband catches her, his sudden anger unfathomable. No words are exchanged. For the first time, he strangles her nearly to death.
"I woke up that morning, both literally and figuratively. This time, I knew beyond a shadow of self-doubt that I had a choice to make: either stay in the marriage and risk dying by my husband's hands, or walk away and live."
With unflinching vulnerability, Beverly Gooden outlines in painstaking detail what she had to do to walk away from an abusive marriage and how others can learn from her experiences, from skimming the grocery money, to squirreling away personal belongings, to navigating domestic violence shelters. She offers strategies for how to overcome the barriers survivors often come up against, such as money, logistics, social circles, or, most powerfully, love.
Uniquely compassionate when it comes to the heartbreak of still loving one's abuser, Gooden shares how she transformed and extended this love from herself-outward, using her story to encourage others to share their own after the 2014 Ray Rice incident sparked #WhyIStayed and propelled her into the national spotlight.
Beverly Gooden is a social activist and speaker known for her groundbreaking hashtag movement, #WhyIStayed. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the U.S. Office on Women's Health, and TIME Magazine. She is the recipient of Investigation Discovery and Glamour magazine's Inspire A Difference "Everyday Hero" Award.
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Published 2022-05-01 by Rowman & Littlefield |