Review: 10 stars if I could
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 3, 2014
This is no doubt the most powerful book I've ever read.  It is also the most heart-breaking and the most joyous.  In 232 pages, Mr. Augustine details life suffering at the hands of emotional and mental abuse and how all so often, the victim learns to believe the abuser is correct in their rants.  Society tells us that these victims are women, but the author clearly shows that men all too often are the ones suffering.  In eloquent prose, we learn how one far too easily slips into the folds, how hard it is to escape, as well as the sheer joy of breathing when freed.  And you have to free yourself, because as each person allows themselves to become trapped, it is also up to them to allow themselves to be freed.  I don't doubt Mr. Augustine is in a much better place now, but my heart aches for Charles, his son.  I want so much to know he is well, and will not become a victim or abuser because of his childhood.  School bullying gets press these days - family bullying needs more, because I am sure there are thousands, if not more, who live with in inside their own homes. God bless you for writing honestly about it, sir, and may God bless your family.