Overcoming the Underhanded

Has your heart ever been betrayed? Did you stay when you knew you should leave? How did you overcome? It's amazing what the heart can endure when in love, but it has breaking points. With complete candor, "Overcoming the Underhanded: The True Story of a Life Reclaimed," sheds light on gaslighting and emotional abuse. Often raw, yet peppered with humor, read one woman's journey to divorce her husband and reclaim her life. After 15 years, when Suzan is finally ready to call it quits on her marriage, the real horror begins. She is followed and threatened, and her children need protection. Just when you think she's escaped her pursuer, you find she hasn't. Just when you think she's seen the red flag, she buries it. Just when you think she won't get pulled in, she unwittingly denounces her faith in Arabic. The telltale signs of physical abuse are brazenly easier to recognize and while bruises and bones heal, it's hard to mend what can't be seen under the surface. This smart, sassy memoir confronts mental abuse, gaslighting, alcoholism, religion, healing and more. Told with humor. Really. Read how she faced her husband, challenged his attorney, and took back control of her life.