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Readers’ Comments
Just finished reading Trapped – I found it a real departure from your books that I normally read- having said that I couldn't put it down. Having been in an abusive relationship myself I found it to be really well written - all the self doubt etc that comes from being abused and eventually knowing you have to get away. The book should be in every domestic refuge so that women know they aren't alone and its not their fault . - Written words are very powerful - my moment came when listening to a song that included the words –" anything is better than being alone " and I realised No actually it wasn't . Again thanks very much for another wonderfully written book.
Sue
I found it an informative insight into domestic violence as I have often wondered myself why indeed these women don’t “just leave”. And the author helps to answer ‘common’ questions and assumptions which are made by people in general, giving them an understanding of the victims of domestic abuse.
Helen
...however true to form, many abusers are able to twist the situation and appear charming and loving in public. It was obvious from the writing that the author had experience of domestic violence, long before I read the blurb where she stated she had. I hope this book helps put the prejudices to bed, a woman does not ask for it or want it and finds it extremely hard to talk about because of these very prejudices. Well done Freda this must have been extremely difficult to write.
I am part way through (Carly has just found out that she is pregnant) your book ‘Trapped’ and it is heart rendering, you can't tell yourself it is fiction, as you know in your heart that it is real. I am sure that it will be a real eye-opener for a lot of people.
Anne
This is so true of some men , i know of one who treated his family the same . they are not a rare breed very accurate of controlled behavior. well done for bringing this out in the open.
Lynb
Hello Freda,
I have been a reader of your books for several years. I can't get enough of them! This week I found "Trapped" - and I've been engrossed in it for the past three nights, and was sorry when it came to an end - I just wanted it to go on.
Like thousands of other women, and yourself, I could relate to it in almost every way. Sadly, the situation is just as you say it is, even with changed laws. The victim is regarded as the perpetrator. For many years, Police would not assist - regarding domestic violence as "just a domestic". For too long men have treated women in this way, and many still get away with it.
I worked in legal offices and courts for many years, and my experience was mostly in Family Law. I have seen cases like this over and over, I've read affidavits in which women have described brutal treatment by husbands, which is horrifying. One client was so desperate that she waited, with a rifle, for her husband to come home from the pub. When he sat down at the table and demanded his meal, she pulled the trigger. Her description to me was: "I was actually happy to see his brains on the table." … She was sent to jail, but public outcry and demonstrations turned the tables for all women, because until then, women had no protection or rights against violent husbands.
I left my marriage, but the persecution and stigma attached to such a thing back in the early 1970s, was too much, so I went interstate to live, where I stayed for 34 years. Like you, I have now been happily married for over 30 years, we have been fortunate. I once asked a marriage counsellor (I tried that, too) what he considered the main ingredients for a happy marriage.
His reply? Kindness and empathy.
Thank you for this book - it was like seeing my own thoughts written down - you have explained how men like Oliver control and manipulate, more brilliantly and perfectly than I ever could. I was deeply moved by it.
Please keep writing.
Sincerely,
Eileen
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About Freda Lightfoot
Born in Lancashire, Freda Lightfoot has been a teacher and bookseller. She lived for a number of years in the Lake District and in a mad moment tried her hand at the ‘good life’, kept sheep and hens, various orphaned cats and dogs, built drystone walls, planted a small wood and even learned how to make jam. She has
now given up her thermals to build a house in an olive grove in Spain, where she produces her own olive oil and sits in the sun on the rare occasions when she isn’t writing. She’s published 40 novels including many bestselling family sagas and historical novels. To find out more about, visit her website and sign up for her new title alert, or join her on Facebook and Twitter where she loves to chat with readers.
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