Michelle’s Reviews > No One Crosses the Wolf: A Memoir > Status Update

"Villains aren’t clad in black, twirling their mustaches as they hatch a plot to make your life miserable. They aren’t obvious. What a relief it would be if that were true: we’d be able to spot danger every time it approaches. But abusers are maps with no lines drawn in."

"In some families, abuse acts as a bond. Imagine a family locking themselves in a closet, all hands pulling in unison at the handle to keep their monster out. A team at work. In other families, in ones like my own, abuse is a shell game. Each of us was trapped beneath our own cup, seeing one another in slivers when a hand shuffled us around at its whim...."