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  • Verbal Abuse: Survivors Speak Out

  • On Relationship and Recovery
  • By: Patricia Evans
  • Narrated by: Laural Merlington
  • Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (53 ratings)

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Verbal Abuse: Survivors Speak Out

By: Patricia Evans
Narrated by: Laural Merlington
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If your partner: seems irritated or angry at you several times a week, denies being angry when he clearly is, does not work with you to resolve important issues, rarely or never seems to share thoughts or plans with you, or tells you that he has no idea what you’re talking about when you try to discuss important problems…you need this audiobook.

©2013 Patricia Evans (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
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Cause of a Failed Relationship

I loved this book and found that P. Evans enabled me to understand my feelings and reasons for them. I have recommended it to several friends and my Ex is reading and realizing the verbal abuse he is guilty of in our relationship. Hopefully it will help him in his future relationship.

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Right on Point

this book is extremely informative this is very necessary work on this topic coveraging a broad range of opinions and experiences, very educational, while always remaining warm, the writers continually open up the realities all too common in the varieties of emotions experienced by a surviving partner of a Domestic Abuser or (Intimate Partner Abuse) In these tragic stories of physical, verbal and emotional partner abuse.

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mixed feelings

when i started, it was difficult to hear the tragedy of the stories... then in part 2 i learned the insights of abusive behavior. part 3 is incredibly awesomely encouraging for anyone studying recovery. highly recommend listening to part 3 just for inspiration.

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validating

I liked the narrator. The stories were painfully familiar. So grateful that this book was written.

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So many words, so little substance

What didn’t you like about Laural Merlington’s performance?

Sounds like a female version of Hans Moleman

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A lot of nothing. No useful tools, techniques, just a litany of gynocentric (yes it's a word) examples. The countless quotes from letters she has received from readers add nothing to the text except to extend the hours wasted.

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