“We’re afraid, Jamie. That’s all we are. And if we don’t get past it, we’ll be hiding from strangers and throwing up in the sink until the day we die” (Coman, 1995, p. 61). Abusive relationships are seen in everyday life. In Carolyn Coman’s book, What Jamie saw, Jamie’s mother is trying to move on from her abusive partner Van. Jamie’s mother is a brave woman because she took her children’s and left Van behind to begin a new life
Patty had enough from Van’s abuse, the downfall was when Van threw Nin across the room and being cached. She took her children to a save place and she tried to forget what happened. Patty wanted for her children to feel safe and protected. Patty found a place away from Van’s house, a place where she felt free with her children. “I’ll find us a place to live, I am finding us a place
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39). When Patty and Jamie went to the fair, she pulled him trying to protect him from a guy that she thought it was Van. Patty felt afraid of what Van might do to her and Jamie if he saw them. She wanted to be free. When Patty saw that Van was in the house with her children, she feared the worst she ran inside the house to find out how her children’s were doing. When Van told Patty he was coming back later on, she simply told him to not come and see them again. This shows that Patty is trying to stay away from him and she is moving on little by little with the love of her children. She was also getting help from women and talking to other women about her experience with the help of Jamie’s teacher Mrs. Durocher’s she was able to attend her meetings in Groveton on Tuesdays. “Patty said the meeting was a group of