Crazy Love, Leslie Morgan Steiner
Crazy Love, Leslie Morgan Steiner
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Crazy Love
A Memoir

Author: Leslie Morgan Steiner

Narrator: Tanya Eby

Unabridged: 7 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 04/05/2009

Synopsis

At twenty-two, Leslie Morgan Steiner seemed to have it all: a Harvard diploma, a glamorous job at Seventeen magazine, a downtown New York City apartment. Plus a handsome, funny, street-smart boyfriend who adored her. But behind her facade of success, this golden girl hid a dark secret. She’d made a mistake shared by millions: She fell in love with the wrong person. At first Leslie and Conor seemed as perfect together as their fairy-tale wedding. Then came the fights she tried to ignore: He pushed her down the stairs of the house they bought together, poured coffee grinds over her hair as she dressed for a critical job interview, choked her during an argument, and threatened her with a gun. Several times he came close to making good on his threat to kill her. With each attack, Leslie lost another piece of herself. Gripping and utterly compelling, Crazy Love takes you inside the violent, devastating world of abusive love. Conor said he’d been abused since he was a young boy, and love and rage danced intimately together in his psyche. Why didn’t Leslie leave? She stayed because she loved him. Find out for yourself if she had fallen truly in love—or into a psychological trap.

About Leslie Morgan Steiner

Leslie Morgan Steiner is the editor of the highly acclaimed anthology Mommy Wars. She writes “On Balance,” the popular daily Washington Past online column about working motherhood. She is a frequent national television and radio guest on NBC’s Today Show, The Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio, MSNBC, Fox news and other programs. Steiner lives and works in Washington D.C.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robin

The is a non fiction memoir of a woman surviving a physically abusive relationship. I will give her credit for writing a book that might open some eyes and maybe even help someone. But... The whole premise of this book is that if she...Harvard educated, well to do and blond (smacks of bigotry to me)......more

Goodreads review by Heather

This book was like a mirror into my own past. I've had it for several years, but just recently reached the point where I was able to read it. It was harrowing. It made me cry. It was all too real to me. I recommend this book highly, but if you have a history of spousal abuse, just know her descripti......more

Goodreads review by ♥Milica♥

This is a hard one to rate, because on one hand Leslie is brave for telling her story and it might help someone leave an abusive relationship when they read it (or at the very least make them feel like they're not alone), on the other, some of the things she did (especially in regards to her pets) a......more

Goodreads review by Mary Ann

Anyone who has ever been in an abusive relationship should read this book. Then again, anyone who has ever wondered why women don't leave their abusers should read it. Steiner is a good writer and shows vividly what it is like to be married to someone who is violent. I was into this story from the fi......more

Goodreads review by Maya

“Crazy Love” by Leslie Morgan Steiner is a personal history of abuse with a social mission of redemption. Steiner recounts a series of harrowing milestones in a relationship gone wrong, illuminating why she and so many others stay with violent partners–and how friends, family, bystanders can help. Ad......more

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