Bruised but not Broken: Stories of Survival from Domestic and Intimate Partner Abuse

According to the "National Coalition Against Domestic Violence," almost 20 people are physically abused by an intimate partner in the U.S. every minute. Yet despite this and other staggering statistics shared in the introduction to this book, victims of abuse often feel alone and unheard, and many who have not suffered directly from its devastating effects are found to be collateral damage or secondarily impacted by the severity of the issue.

Through the collection of several first-hand accounts in Bruised but Not Broken, Parthenia Warford highlights the testimonies of several domestic abuse survivors, bringing them into readers' personal space, and exposes the flaws of the judicial system failing those abused from the perspective of professional men and women forced to work within its set parameters.

We can all do something toward ending this epidemic of domestic violence, but first, people have to acknowledge that the problem exists and that they can effect change . . . even if it means just listening to those with a story to tell and believing the telling of it so that the many who courageously choose not to suffer in silence will not remain unheard.