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Book Review of Strange Fits of Passion

Strange Fits of Passion
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Through the voices of its characters, given in interviews with a woman reporter, a tale of abuse and murder is told. The main character is an abused woman -- a woman who, to all others, appears to be living a perfectly loving marriage, but whom endures all manner of abuse. As with so many of those suffering this unique form of torture, she believes she is in some part to blame for the abuse. She feels she is complicit in some way because she allows it to happen. And the more it continues to happen, the more she feels her only hope it that one day it will end. It does, thanks to her own strength and the love of another. Knowing someone who has endure such abuse made this book extremely powerful to me.