Domestic Life

Hasten the Rising delivers an inspiring message to women of all ages. While it focuses, specifically, on the common and potentially-dangerous challenges in our intimate relationships, it champions, more broadly, the innate beauty, worth, and power of all women. It is a great dose of self-esteem and a siren call for all women to unleash their dazzling color, their unique style, and their dynamic strength.

Una mañana, botella de vino en mano, Eva sale de la cama cuando escucha unos gritos que provienen de la calle. Al asomarse al balcón, descubre a Laura, su hija adolescente, discutiendo con un chico de su edad. Ambos parecen enfadados, sobre todo él. Eva le pide a su hija que entre en casa, pero Laura la ignora y la conversación termina con una amenaza por parte del chico.

Una mañana, botella de vino en mano, Eva sale de la cama cuando escucha unos gritos que provienen de la calle. Al asomarse al balcón, descubre a Laura, su hija adolescente, discutiendo con un chico de su edad.

This is a true story of one woman's life with violence. I wrote this book to let other victims know that they are not alone. I also wrote this to help with my own healing. Writing this book has been a form of therapy for me and perhaps better than professional therapy might have been.

Being in a dysfunctional relationship for so long, battling extreme violence has been baffling until now. Seeing the relationship now from the outside has revealed its true nature.

NOTE: Book Club Discussion Questions added to end of this new edition of this book. Moved by newspaper reports of a family’s tragic plight, a prominent couple donated $50,000 to a Maine Family Crisis Services center. Even Blue Birds Sing recounts the true events behind those media reports, details that were not reported until the publication of this book, events that will cause you to question everything you thought you knew about domestic violence, the protection of children, and justice in America. Lisa is a mother and the wife of a man who wants to kill her. She escapes through the ...

Kali es una joven dulce, tierna y soñadora. Da clases de inglés a niños pequeños y le gusta pensar que trabaja en lo mismo que Lady Di, la princesa del pueblo y reina de corazones, a quien idolatra en secreto, y que murió justo el día en que ella nació. Kali también es dócil, sumisa y bastante ingenua. Vive condicionada por esos best sellers que tratan sobre el amor romántico y sus atractivas sombras sexuales, los reality shows que propician los encuentros amorosos —por efímeros que estos sean—, las películas y series de televisión.

Kate Webb still grieves over the loss of her young son. Ten years on, she spends her weekends hungover, attending open houses on Sydney's wealthy north shore and imagining the lives of the people who live there. Then Kate visits the Harding house - the perfect house with, it seems, the perfect family. A photograph captures a kind-looking man, a beautiful woman she knew at university, and a boy - a boy that for one heartbreaking moment she believes is her own son.