Results for Moving On From Abusive Households
Our search tries its best to match you with stories that fit your request, but results may vary based on keywords and what's available. If you don't find what you're looking for, try a different search.
Listing 319 stories.
A girl flees her home when her parents want to send her back to her abusive husband.
A wife and mother struggles with her mental health as she endures immense stress from trying to fix up the family's new house while preserving her marriage.
In a rural town, a woman attempts to run away, with her three children, from her abusive husband. While the feat seems straightforward at first, a series of complications causes their escape to become increasingly precarious.
A woman navigates her new life and her relationship with her criminally insane husband, who killed her three children.
Four women bending together after a traumatic experience
A suburban middle-aged wife in contemporary America organizes an intervention with her children for their loving but alcoholic father. As the pieces come together, she tries to back away from the plan out of solidarity with her husband because of how he dealt with her past transgressions.
A woman struggles with shaky faith and emotional isolation from her son, which intensify when she goes to see him in prison. After one particularly difficult visit, she faces her fears with her brother’s help.
A former divorcé runs into an old friend on the streets of New York City. Over a drink, the men speak about an endless cycle of generosity that the friend has wrapped himself up in, while the protagonist considers his comparatively smaller problems.
A woman addicted to narcotics works as a waitress and fixes up her apartment in hopes of getting back her son from foster care after throwing him against a wall.
The stress of poverty drives a young man to commit a robbery. But when the deal goes south and someone is shot, he must hide from the law at his brother's place.