Author's Note: This is a combination of a summary of a book and an informative essay. I just read Safe Haven and it really made me think about woman abuse. This is what came out of that.
I’d been running for over an hour but I still felt too close. Too close to him, too close to what just happened, too close to the punishment that I knew would be waiting. My adrenaline was still surging as I burst through the doors of the bus station. Too scared to be within 100 miles of this town, I bought a ticket to the farthest place they would take me. Stepping up the stairs of the bus, I turned around one last time and thought to myself, “time to start over.”
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks is about Katie who is a 27 year old girl that lived everyday in fear. Her alcoholic husband didn’t approve of anything she did and her punishment would come through the form of bruises all over her body. At first, she thought it was her fault and that she needed to try harder to be a better wife. But eventually even small things like forgetting to wipe down the counter would result in a black eye. As he began to drink more and more, Katie realized that he was going crazy and if she didn’t escape soon, he would end up killing her.
Katie’s not the only one though. Everyday millions of women all over the world are beaten by their husbands too. Some aren’t as lucky as her though and don’t get the chance to escape, some don’t even want to. More and more Americans started realizing this so now we have a Woman’s Center for women like Katie to escape to. Because at the end of the day, everyone deserves to have a place that they can call their Safe Haven.
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