The Pain Behind The Portrait by Hollett, Jenell

The Pain Behind The Portrait (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781503391383)

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Format: Paperback
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The Pain Behind The Portrait by Hollett, Jenell

The Pain Behind The Portrait

$10.99
The Pain Behind The Portrait by Hollett, Jenell

The Pain Behind The Portrait

$10.99
Format: Paperback
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Mike, Dayne, and their two kids are a California success story. The family portrait hanging over their fireplace proves it. But the portrait is a lie-a façade hiding the truth of a deteriorating marriage where words are weapons and loneliness has replaced intimacy. Mike is an attorney who resolved never to be like his father, a man who used words to control and belittle his wife and children. Unfortunately Mike married Dayne, a volatile and unpredictable woman who aims her tantrums at him with depressing regularity. Confused and frustrated, Mike retreats into his work. When he least expects it, Mike meets Brooke. As Mike fights his feelings for Brooke, he begins to realize he's trapped in an abusive marriage with few options for resolution or escape. And all the while, the family portrait casts its illusion of happiness over the home-happiness Mike doubts he'll ever experience. The follow-up novel to Jenell Hollett's What I Learned from Men, The Pain behind the Portrait is an enlightening, ultimately uplifting tale that vividly shows the damage words can inflict on a marriage.

Author: Jenell Hollett
ISBN-10: 1503391388
ISBN-13: 9781503391383
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/07/2015
Pages: 230
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.48d

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Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
By Jenell Hollett
By Jenell Hollett
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Jenell Hollett's writing and speaking center on relationships, with particular emphasis on men's hidden struggles. Her first novel, What I Learned From Men, follows the maturation of a 28-year-old woman as she utilizes the lessons she's learned from male friends and family to navigate a family crisis centering on male depression. Hollett's second book, The Pain Behind The Portrait, focuses on the seldom-discussed problem of verbal abuse toward men, and the challenges abuse victims face as they try to cope and heal. Hollett writes the blog "Thanks To Good Men" which provides a way to affirm the role of good men in society and encourage open discussion about their inner struggles. Hollett and her husband Joe live in the San Diego area. They have four grown children, two wonderful sons-in-law, and one adorable granddaughter.

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