Woman Unbroken by Alexandra Fleder – Review by Kerry Carr
Woman Unbroken by Alexandra Fleder
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This for me was a very powerful and at times hard read because I related to so much of the story. Not the being famous part but the escaping from domestic abuse.
The author does an incredible job of allowing the reader an inside look into what actual happens to a person when they leave an abusive relationship. You are shown the pain, the fear, the loneliness, the inability to trust anyone or even have confidence in your own judgement. And the hardest part is having to rebuild your life and find yourself again after you were pretty much destroyed mentally and physically. The author dealt with this story in a way that was respectful but also allowing the reader to see that just because you leave the relationship doesn’t mean the trauma ends there. You lose so much of yourself during the time in a relationship like that, that the hardest part is rebuilding and finding yourself again.
Devorah Fields used to be a model and a young actress. Her family life wasn’t plain sailing however as her father was a movie producer and con artist and her mother was a British actress. To get away from the environment at home she jumped at the chance of marrying her husband. I mean what could go wrong. He was handsome and so caring. It was a match made in heaven.
Fast forward and Devorah’s father is in prison, her mother and left to return to England and her Prince charming turned out to be a monster.
She had finally find the strength and courage to leave him and has returned to her own family home. Now she has to figure out what she is going to do with her life. How is she going to support herself? How can she cope with the anxiety and fear of her ex husband finding her? And how can she rebuild her life when she lost so much of herself that she doesn’t even know who she is anymore.
This is a story about one woman’s journey to reclaim her life and to remember who she was and who she wants to become again. This was a very empowering story and for me personally I really enjoyed seeing Devorah’s journey to reclaim her life and find herself again.
