A young mother of four is forced into the dark streets after she discoversthe man that she married isn t the charming man she thought he was. When she escapes, he pursues them relentlessly. They Loved With a Closed Fist is a memoir, documenting the journey that one woman took to break free from the vicious cycle of violence in her life. The vicious cycle started as a small child not being loved the way she needed to be loved. The cycle continued thru out her adult life with a fist as the collateral , a husband who abandoned her and her daughter, another husband who used physical and verbal abuse to control her, and a justice and social system that rejected her, despite her consistent plea for help. Yet through it all, she overcame. God used her enemies as her footstools; He prepared a table before her in the presence of her enemies. In order to protect the dignity and privacy of others, some of the names in this book have been changed. This is the story of how one brave woman overcame the obstacles of abuse and violence, and became free.
