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 I have a difficult time watching any violence enterpriseregion. I have to close my eyes. I can read a book better. It gives a clearer picture of what else happens in the story. Bart shared that the violence his father was consumed with in his adult life didn't come from drugs or alcohol but rather as a result from a head trauma after being struck by a truck and thrown. He was in a coma for about two months and returned home a different man. The violence caused a divorce and Bart and his brother ended up being raised by their father. Bart became the target in the abuse. He was too afraid to tell anyone and had to suppress all his experiences. Bart had exposure to church during his life. He had two Christian grand-mothers who may not have known what was going on behind closed doors. He had two childhood friends, a boy and a girl who became his wife when they were grown. Once Bart's father was diagnosed with cancer, he began to turn his life around. There were still moments wh...

 I didn't cry when reading the Brutal Legacy, yet the enterpriseregion both the author and her mother triggered noises in my ears. I have heard these cries before. I can identify clearly with them. Yet, I shall not weep for Tracy. As Shakespeare once said, 'to weep is to make less the depth of grief.' I know the fear that comes from what is supposed to be a fountain of love and comfort. I know the apprehension that lingers on in between while waiting for the next episode. The movie is familiar. The cast is different. I have acted in this movie as both a starring as well as a villain. Both roles continue to haunt me in my sleep. The Brutal Legacy is a brutally honest account worldgettogether of innocence and re-imagining of self in an unforgiving patriarchal environment. It's a story of the devastation caused by gender-based-violence. It's about disintegrating families; a potent manuscript that offers a glimpse of that twilight zone between courage, and fear. The s...