Writing
SURVIVING: Why We Stay and How We Leave
Abusive Relationships
“"So much courage and a deep understanding of the complex dynamics of abuse.”
- Leslie Morgan Steiner, NYT Bestselling author of Crazy Love
“Gooden’s book is raw, especially when she’s writing about her complicated feelings towards her ex-husband, but also careful and conscientious. She draws on research and prevailing professional knowledge to analyze and reflect on her thinking process at the time of her abuse and in its aftermath. She also centers her experience as a Black woman, highlighting the struggles unique to survivors with intersecting identities and providing a perspective often left out of the domestic-violence conversation.”
BOOKLIST
SURVIVING is a memoir about relationship violence. But at its core, it is a book about reinvention. Searing, hope-filled, and compassionate, Gooden uses her experience to help others uncover the beauty in surviving.
*Winner of the 2023 National Indie Excellence Award in African American Nonfiction*
*Silver Winner of the 2023 Nautilus Book Award*
*Library Journal Self-Help Bestseller*
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