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Thank you for sharing the link to my book review of Rainbows In The Dark.
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“Marginalizing the abused: Six ways survivors are treated as insignificant” This blog post was so spot on! I blogged about it too! http://miathriver.com/marginalizing-abused/ And… Rainbows In The Dark – Book Review by Patricia Singleton is great too, she is a great advocate and blogger!