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Reviewed by Bernadette Longu for Readers' Favorite
In The Longest War: A Psychotherapist’s Experience of Divorce, Custody, and Power, author Catherine Harrington offers a personal and moving story about a taboo in society that to this day is still hidden in dark corners. People try to pretend that it does not happen, although nowadays they do recognize violence against women. What about the type of violence that shows no physical wounds but has a mental and psychological effect on the person on the receiving end? The author has bared her soul about the mental and psychological war that was waged against her for 29 years, the effect it had on her life and her own capabilities, and how she doubted herself and still does. This is an awe-inspiring story.
Catherine Harrington took a long time to put pen to paper as she protected those who were closest to her and who she loved dearly. She had no backup from her closest family and relied mostly on strangers, people she met during her studies and journeys into a world that must have been a strange place to her. She grew up in a period when society was still trying to hang onto old-fashioned ideas of placing women firmly in the home and not in the workplace, although women did work. There were families out there that thought it was wrong and started the indoctrination at home at an early age and kept their families in place using this method. This is a book that you will read and realize that, at some stage in your life, you were also subjected to emotional and mental abuse. You will realize how subtle it was so that you did not even realize it. This book is well worth more than one read and will give other women out there the courage to break free from the cycle of abuse for both themselves and their children. I found a lot of inspiration and hope in this book.
