The Walk Home from a Broken Road: The Struggles of Living in an Abusive Relationship and Finding the Strength to Rediscover Myself

Rebecca Crawford

Feb 2012 · iUniverse

About this ebook

Rebecca Crawford had always viewed herself as strong and in-dependent. She never would have imagined that shed find her-self trapped in an abusive situation. In The Walk Home from a Broken Road, Crawford shares details from her five-year relationship with her abusive boyfriend, Blake.

In this memoir, she narrates her storyfrom the time she met Blake while working at a pizza restaurant when she was seventeen years old, to the day she found the courage to leave the relationship, and to the present, where she has found the fortitude to heal, to learn, and to grow. Crawford tells how, slowly and deliberately, Blake cut her off from her friends, family, school, and activities in order to control her every movement and how that control escalated to a torrent of abuse.

The Walk Home from a Broken Road provides a firsthand account of an emotionally dysfunctional relationship. It shares Crawfords intensely personal feelings that give great insight into the mindset of a woman trapped in an abusive situation. But more than that, it provides hope for others who face similar circumstances.

Ratings and reviews

Just from reading the (about) part of this book I can tell you that 95% of it is a bald face lie. And I was around during this (relationship) so I know . It's sad that you will do anything for attention even sell lies about others to get what you want. But the truth always comes out in the end. Why don't you tell the whole story ?? Like how you stole my dying brothers guitar and laptop and he should have pressed charges.. And your words to ME were , ( he won't do anything to me he's to much of a pacifist) so I hope you rewrite this little book of your with the truth .

About the author

Rebecca Crawford is a first-time author. She currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is working in wilderness therapy. She earned a master’s degree in educational psychology and plans to return to graduate school to obtain a master’s degree in counseling