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    Breaking Free
    Breaking Free
    Breaking Free
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    Breaking Free

    By Scripting Change

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    Breaking Free is the third collection from Scripting Change, a community writing initiative that aims to make a positive social difference. All of the work required to bring together this anthology was volunteered. This year's project focuses on the issue of domestic violence and will support the nonprofit REACH, based in Massachusetts. 100% of proceeds* from this (and every) Scripting Change book are donated!

    *Proceeds = (Cost of book) — (% taken by distributor)

    Contributors: Dana Faletti, Aria Glazki, Aaron Jackson, Alison LeBlanc, Celena McDonnell, Jeff Messick, S. Nitch, Margit Sage, Nada Adel Sobhi, Dave M. Strom

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScripting Change
    Release dateMar 15, 2016
    ISBN9781370862368
    Breaking Free
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    Scripting Change

    Scripting Change is a community writing project, which aims to raise funds for nonprofit organizations. The basic idea is:- Writers (and a cover designer) donate their work, relating to a given project's theme, which reflects the mission of the recipient nonprofit- Coordinators donate their time to bring everything together into an e-book- The entire project has a $0 cost so...- 100% of each e-book's proceeds are donated to the nonprofit matched with that e-book

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      Breaking Free - Scripting Change

      Breaking Free

      A Scripting Change Project

      Anthology Copyright 2016 Scripting Change

      Copyright of each work belongs to its respective author

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      License Notes:

      Thank you for your support of the Scripting Change project! This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. Remember, 100% of the proceeds from every copy sold are donated! Thank you for respecting the hard work of all those involved in this project.

      Foreword:

      Domestic violence is silent.

      When I read the email announcing this year’s Scripting Change theme of Survive, Recover, Rebuild, I had no words. Just an immediate squeezing of my heart—and not as a writer, either, but as a survivor. This upcoming issue was meant for me, and I was going to submit. So I sent in my pieces, they were thankfully accepted, and Anya generously approached me to write this foreword. It is an honor and a personal duty for me to share some of my own story.

      Domestic violence doesn’t always show. We don’t always have black eyes, or broken noses. Sometimes what is broken is inside of us, and it is well hidden. That doesn’t make it any less real, or any less wrong.

      I knew fear in my home. I knew fragile eggshells, strewn about the floor of my kitchen, my living room, my bedroom. I knew how to navigate around those eggshells; how to protect them, how to walk on them carefully to avoid upsetting my spouse. I had to, for our children. To keep them safe, as well as myself, from the verbal, emotional, and psychological thunderstorms that could erupt at any moment. Over time I learned to teach my children those skills, too. And no one should have to live like that—with that fear.

      I knew it was wrong, in my heart—she’s always been quite a bit quicker on the uptake than my mind. When things started to become more physical with hurling objects and

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