That’s good to hear.

And, I’m sorry, I can never make spoiler tags work on mobile, but

At the end they peacefully coparent?! You allow an abuser to be unsupervised with his daughter??? That ends NOTHING. He will just abuse you as his ex-wife, but with the added leverage of custody fights. It gives him a new way to control and torment. He will continue to abuse women from his place of prestige and privilege, and will likely abuse his daughter too.

Seriously f that book.

You can also try nonfiction that reads more like fiction — for example, The Johnstown Flood, Turn Right at Machu Picchu, Into Thin Air, Unbroken, In the Heart of the Sea. All fantastic books that “feel” like novels.

I actively hated that book. As a DV survivor, it managed to both trivialize and glamorize violence, made all sorts of excuses for the abuser, and the ending was just bad freaking information. It literally fits the definition of…

trauma porn: When a writer glorifies trauma in their writing, exaggerating aspects for the sake of angst. Usually a writer thinks they are being deep and edgy when in actuality they are just disrespecting and glorifying trauma.

I just take the NE regional or Acela. It’s such a civilized way to travel, very relaxing and easy. You can take it from Providence or from Kingston. Parking is cheaper in Kingston but the Acela doesn’t stop there.

It’s a working class town, a bit run down and it has a couple rough spots, but it’s fine. Visit the neighborhood before you rent, there are some cute areas but also some where things get a bit dicey. Similar to Pawtucket, Woonsocket, it’s a bit down on its luck but has good bones and good people. West-West Warwick is nicer than the Arctic area. Similarly, Darlington in Pawtucket and East Woonsocket are affordable and quite nice.