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Possession
Anna doesn't have the easiest start in life nor a happy relationship with her mother. She grows into a very beautiful, successful, but lonely young businesswoman.
She meets an equally successful businessman who sweeps her off her feet. However, he controls her life completely and, as time passes, her life becomes increasingly traumatic and ultimately in danger. How can she escape, and will she ever find the peace and happiness she craves?
She meets an equally successful businessman who sweeps her off her feet. However, he controls her life completely and, as time passes, her life becomes increasingly traumatic and ultimately in danger. How can she escape, and will she ever find the peace and happiness she craves?
214 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 22, 2018
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December 25, 2019
I enjoyed reading POSSESSION. I would rate this novel more of 3.5 stars. The story concerns a man who is obsessed with his wife, and who causes a lot of pain and anguish as a result. I believe most women will enjoy this read!
May 2, 2022
Another great read from Gillian Wells
December 16, 2019
I won a copy of this book through a Goodreads Giveaway.
Possession tells the story of a marriage gone bad. It starts out a bit slow. I was okay with that as I got to know and understand Anna, her family and her motivation. Once she meets Karl, the pace picks up but it becomes a difficult read due to the violence that is being done.
It is easy to be an armchair judge. I imagine a few who read this will do that. It can hard to believe that someone would chase after a spouse as Anna tells us Karl did. I imagine a few will think she is exaggerating or is paranoid. I’ve been in this situation. The one thing you can say about domestic violence is that it isn’t the same for everyone. Every situation is different in my experience. I’ve been in shelters and in therapy groups. No one exactly matched my story..or anyone else’s. I live an eight hour plane ride from my family. I’ve had people say oh enough time has passed or you live far enough away. I don’t answer. They won’t understand because they have their notion of what domestic violence is. I stayed until my youngest went to college. Judge me if you want. You weren’t the one who had divorce and protection orders thrown at them while a loaded gun was being shoved in the faces of their children finally being held to yours. You can’t say what Anna did or didn’t do was wrong or right. You weren’t there. You don’t know how crazy it can get. I hold a lot of what happened to us inside. The worst of it. I’m ashamed. I feel guilty. I suspect the same is true for Anna. The story for me, rang with honesty. If the author did not live it, she knows enough about it. If you are interested in domestic violence, read this book.
If you are in a domestic violence situation, plan carefully and do your best to get out. Seek assistance at thehotline.org, it has an emergency exit that will close the window quickly. The phone number in the States is 1−800−799−7233.
Possession tells the story of a marriage gone bad. It starts out a bit slow. I was okay with that as I got to know and understand Anna, her family and her motivation. Once she meets Karl, the pace picks up but it becomes a difficult read due to the violence that is being done.
It is easy to be an armchair judge. I imagine a few who read this will do that. It can hard to believe that someone would chase after a spouse as Anna tells us Karl did. I imagine a few will think she is exaggerating or is paranoid. I’ve been in this situation. The one thing you can say about domestic violence is that it isn’t the same for everyone. Every situation is different in my experience. I’ve been in shelters and in therapy groups. No one exactly matched my story..or anyone else’s. I live an eight hour plane ride from my family. I’ve had people say oh enough time has passed or you live far enough away. I don’t answer. They won’t understand because they have their notion of what domestic violence is. I stayed until my youngest went to college. Judge me if you want. You weren’t the one who had divorce and protection orders thrown at them while a loaded gun was being shoved in the faces of their children finally being held to yours. You can’t say what Anna did or didn’t do was wrong or right. You weren’t there. You don’t know how crazy it can get. I hold a lot of what happened to us inside. The worst of it. I’m ashamed. I feel guilty. I suspect the same is true for Anna. The story for me, rang with honesty. If the author did not live it, she knows enough about it. If you are interested in domestic violence, read this book.
If you are in a domestic violence situation, plan carefully and do your best to get out. Seek assistance at thehotline.org, it has an emergency exit that will close the window quickly. The phone number in the States is 1−800−799−7233.
November 21, 2019
Thank you for the advanced review copy. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The story is a common problem, nothing new but the emotion Ms. Wells captures in her writing is evident in the description of the main character's wounds and battered treatment. Having the family members in the story for both sides - husband and wife's - were very important but I think adding the store employees, the nanny, the neighbors, etc. who befriend our tortured main character, Anna, was the perfect touch. They were her witnesses, her confidants, her escape from such nonstop possession by a man who played it cool on the outside but inside the house away from everyone, he was manic - loving one moment, a brutal monster the next. No one can live that way but Anna did for years. She was very strong both physically and mentally and in the end, did what she had to do to take care of her and her son. No detail is spared from her youth to starting her own business and giving it up for this quick infatuation of some sort that leads to a marriage and unhappy life Anna did not see coming. The story is very good and you will not want to put this book down until you see how what happens to Karl, Anna's husband long after you think jail and court dates will stop him - they do not. I recommend this book to everyone as it's quite interesting and has you rooting for Anna in everything she does and has to bounce back from. Looking forward to reading anything else Ms. Wells has written or will write in the future.
October 26, 2019
Excellent book!!!
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