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while the devil dances
laura williams age 18 meets jack farris 24 on the weekend following her high school graduation is swept off her feet and marries him 106 days later . during courtship he has been attentive and gentle but laura is shocked when he slaps her on her honeymoon and becomes increasingly abusive . he complains about her friends and family until he gradually drives a wedge between them refuses to let her work and convinces her to relocate into an older model isolated mobile home in the countryside outside town . his winning personality makes him extremely likeable to everyone even lauras parents making her circumstances even more difficult . lauras church teaches that adultery is the only grounds for a biblical divorce and jack has not been unfaithful but beth her vanderbilt educated older sister constantly urges her to divorce jack anyway leave town and start a new life . but can this victim of abuse gather the strength to defy both her parents and her church
paperback booksurge llc 2009 isbn13 9781439222881 isbn10 1439222886
book type nf isbn 13 9781439222881 number of pages 432 publisher booksurge llc