Escape Points by Michele Weldon
In I Closed My Eyes, Northwestern University professor Michele Weldon showed how even a well-educated professional woman from a close-knit family could be the victim of an abusive husband. That book ends when she decides this is not a good environment for her sons and leaves with them.
Escape Points picks up from there and relates her life as a single mom trying to juggle work, running a house, raising three boys--and later dealing with cancer--with no help whatsoever from her ex-husband. After remarrying and starting a second family, he takes off for Holland, claiming he has no income so he shouldn't be responsible for child support.
The title, Escape Points, comes from a wrestling term. And there is a LOT of wrestling in the book, as all three of Weldon's sons are involved in the sport. But there is also a lot of love--and a lot of gratitude to friends, family and one very special wrestling coach who form the village that helps Weldon raise her sons.
Escape Points picks up from there and relates her life as a single mom trying to juggle work, running a house, raising three boys--and later dealing with cancer--with no help whatsoever from her ex-husband. After remarrying and starting a second family, he takes off for Holland, claiming he has no income so he shouldn't be responsible for child support.
The title, Escape Points, comes from a wrestling term. And there is a LOT of wrestling in the book, as all three of Weldon's sons are involved in the sport. But there is also a lot of love--and a lot of gratitude to friends, family and one very special wrestling coach who form the village that helps Weldon raise her sons.
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