In the Open

Women Survivors of Abuse Tell Their Stories

“Like all the women who took part in this book, I have a message for you. Please remember that no matter how desperate and hopeless your situation may get, there is a way out. I found my way out and for the first time in nine years I feel free!

About the book

Contributors:

				
					
						Irene L
						. 
						Moore

						Annette

						Cynthis M
						. 
						Clarke

						R
						.
						L
						. 
						Stoddard

						Anonymous

						Beth Witbe

						Barbara S
						. 
						Laird

						Michelle 
						(
						Whitenect
						) 
						Zastre

						Becca Roe

						Silvana Doty Amero

						Nadine

						V
						. 
						Christine Brantnall

						Debbie Wray Nickerson

						Sue MacLeod

						Diane McKay

						Barbara Acker

						Jean
						-
						Marie MacDonald

						Jenni Blackmore

						Ann J
						. 
						Thibeau

						The Doormats

						Karen Blades

						Elisha Sartanya

						Sally West

						Alice

						Sandra L
						. 
						Mansfield

						Sheree Fitch

						Katie Blue

						Linda M
						. 
						Van Horn

						Penny L
						. 
						Ferguson

						Laurie Johnstone 
					
				
			

Feminism, Gender & Sexuality

What people are saying

Jean Marie MacDonald
“I wish all of you the power and strength it takes to discover your own freedom, and I pray that all of the pain that you endure until then will form a path to your independence and freedom.”

Karen Blades
“If anyone who reads my story is in a similar situation, and you feel like I did, that there is no way out, you are wrong. Don’t be silent because you feel ashamed of what is happening to you. You have nothing to b ashamed of. What is happening to you is against the law. It is a crime. All you have to do is reach out.”

Author

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Kathleen Tudor

Kathleen K. Tudor was born in a large fishing family on Nova Scotia’s South Shore. Kathleen taught English literature and creative writing for twenty years. After her retirement she established Roseway Publishing, which for seventeen years published many award-winning Nova Scotian writers. In 1997 she founded Community Books, a self-publishing company, which still publishes writers from east to west in Canada. In 1992, her novel, Getting Away, was published. Kathleen has published a number of short stories, some of which were read on the CBC and the BBC. She continues to write.