Crazy Love, is well written memoir about an abusive relationship.
Steiner does an amazing job of telling the reader her life story. You feel compassion and sympathy for her and anger towards her abuser (being abused as a child is NOT an excuse to abuse another).
Crazy Love, holds your attention yet you are left feeling and knowing that Steiner has left a degree of information out, which is a tad bit disappointing because you don't feel a full grasp of who she is and what she endured, just a surface glance. Which she is entitled to.
Questions are left unanswered but it is worth the read.
Grade: A
If you or someone you know is frightened about something in your relationship, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−SAFE (7233) or TTY 1−800−787−3224. You can also visit http://www.ndvh.org/
From the Publisher
At 22, Leslie Morgan Steiner seemed to have it all: good looks, a Harvard diploma, a glamorous job in New York City. Plus a handsome, funny boyfriend who adored her. But behind her façade of success, this golden girl hid a dark secret. She’d made a mistake shared by millions: she fell in love with the wrong person.
At first, Leslie and Conor seemed perfect together. Then came the fights she tried to ignore: he pushed her down the stairs, choked her during an argument, and threatened her with a gun. Several times, he came close to making good on his threat to kill her. With each attack, Leslie lost another piece of herself. Why didn’t she leave? She stayed because she loved him. Gripping and utterly compelling, Crazy Love takes you inside the violent, devastating world of abusive love and makes you feel the power and powerlessness of abuse that can take place anywhere and to anyone. Crazy Love draws you in — and never lets you go.
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