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When Katie wakes : a memoir

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xi, 271 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"Author Connie May Fowler tells her own story for the first time - the harrowing years of her childhood followed by the abusive relationship she endured as a young woman - and how the unconditional love of her dog helped her escape her physical and emotional bonds.".
"In this memoir, Fowler chronicles the emotional battery and physical abuse that marked her own passage to adulthood. She draws a searing portrait of growing up with her manipulative and needy mother, a woman unable to give the love and comfort every child has a right to expect.".
"And then, as a young woman, Fowler found herself involved with a man whose behavior disturbingly echoed her mother's. The man she lived with alternately displayed a desperate need for her or rejected her as if she were worse than useless. With heart-wrenching candor, Fowler records the abuse she suffered at his hands, from his constant attempts to undermine her self-confidence to his acts of brutal physical violence.".
"The unconditional love Fowler longed for finally came - in the shape of an adoring Labrador puppy named Kateland. With Katie at her side, she was able to withstand her mistreatment and the crushing weight of her childhood and, miraculously, managed to create a small refuge from the horrors that surrounded her. This is the story of her decision to end the years of mistreatment and even to open her life to a new, gentle man, whose love and understanding helped to transform her."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN

038550201X

LCCN

2001037165

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Columbia University Libraries