Tag: abuse

"When I accepted the church’s name for me, I lost my power and vivacity and authenticity because their name for me wasn’t true. They reduced my identity of wife, mother and singer. Yes, I am those things, but I am also many other things. I am also an individual with opinions and ideas. I’m a communicator and an artist. When any person is deliberately limited because of their gender, race, sexuality and so on, bells and sirens should being going off in our minds.” quote from Shannon Harris' book The Woman They Wanted.

Bonnie Way June 12, 2025

The Woman They Wanted by Shannon Harris (book review)

Nonfiction

"A throng of bearded men, in sad-colored garments and gray, steeple-crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods, and others bare-headed, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes." opening sentence of A Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Bonnie Way April 8, 2025

The Scarlet Letter (a Telemachos Guided Reading Edition)

Curriculum Reviews

How Moms Can Address Past Trauma While Raising Happy Kids. Stock photo of smiling mom and daughter holding mugs.

Bonnie Way March 17, 2025

How Moms Can Address Past Trauma While Raising Happy Kids

Mothering

I divorced the man I worshipped simply because he was my husband. I also divorced the god my religious community worshipped. A scary little god who didn't even exist. That meant I got to discover a Bigger God. That mean I got to actually live my own life. ~ Natalie Hoffman, author of All the Scary Little Gods.

Bonnie Way February 25, 2025

All the Scary Little Gods by Natalie Hoffman (book review)

Nonfiction

A Well-Trained Wife by Tia Levings is "memoir of a girl who grew up in an evangelical megachurch, married an abusive man, tried her best to be a "good Christian wife" for years, and finally escaped from the deeply unhealthy life she was living." (book review by Bonnie Way of the Koala Mom)

Bonnie Way January 6, 2025

The Well-Trained Wife by Tia Levings

Nonfiction

Signs You're In a Bad Relationship. Photo of fighting couple in a cafe by cottonbro studio via Pexels.

Bonnie Way January 19, 2023

Signs You’re In a Bad Relationship

Mothering

"You'd think holding joy right up against sadness would shatter a body. But it don't. Joy... it sneaks in all around where things is broke, sticks it together, and finds a way to make you whole." quote from Shadows in the Mind's Eye

Bonnie Way May 6, 2022

Shadows in the Mind’s Eye by Janyre Tromp

Fiction

Starlight by Richard Wagamese

Bonnie Way October 28, 2021

Starlight by Richard Wagamese

Fiction

Imperfect Justice by Cara Putman

Bonnie Way December 8, 2017

Imperfect Justice by Cara Putman {Christian legal thriller}

Fiction

Domestic Violence in Fiction: Novels that tackle abuse

Bonnie Way October 6, 2017

Domestic Violence in Fiction: Novels that Tackle Abuse

Fiction