Goodreads asked Sara Niles:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Sara Niles My most recent full sized book is the third book of the Torn Trilogy: Out of the Maelstrom. I wrote Torn From the Inside Out, a true story of my own life of extreme domestic violence and my escape with my five children. I had not planned to write a trilogy, but the story of the children had to be told (The Journey) and many years after my escape from abuse I worked for a domestic violence intervention agency, during which time I came in contact with many types of abuse stories, and many different types of victims and abusers. There were stories of survival that were uncanny, as well as stories that ended in disaster.
I knew I needed to write about the 'big picture' in terms of domestic violence and family dysfunction in order to portray the magnitude of the problem. There were many humorous and sad happenings that are part of everyday life, as well as staggering world events, like the day of the catastrophe that was known simply as " 9/11"-all were part of my own life and was part of the fabric of humanity.
I realized there needed to be a third book as I and two staff members sat outside a domestic violence shelter while two shelter clients talked about their lives. I mentioned the idea of a third book and one said "Please write it for all of us", and I did.

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