Connie Mae Fowler tells her own story—that of a woman who grew up being abused by her mother and, of course, ends up with an abusive boyfriend. I liked how she acts like she’s telling the story to her ex—she always says “you”, and it puts the reader in his place. I thought that was interesting and different. “Katie” is her dog. I thought it was going to be a big “if it weren’t for my dog, I would never have improved my life” stories, but I’m pretty sure Fowler would have left the man on her own. The dog certainly gave her comfort and affection, though, and that was important to her, so the dog gets title privileges, lol. Another flashback story—Fowler goes back and forth between her drunken mother and her drunken boyfriend, but in this book it wasn’t annoying.
My only gripe with this story was a little passage towards the end where Fowler is debating leaving the bastard, and it’s way too long. Just skim it, it’s really just a “should I? or shouldn’t I” conversation with herself.
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