{"product_id":"9781403364609","title":"Momma, Why?: A true story of savage parental abuse","description":"\u003cp\u003e \"Her name is Diane Jones.  Today her presence is calm and  warm.  I knew her as a quiet, terrified child struggling to grow  up, nay, even to stay alive in a large violent matriarchal family.   There was no father figure, only a sequence of men.  Diane was  thirteen years old when I first met her.  Through a program in the  California Department of Social Services, I had been assigned to  be Big Sister to a younger sister of Diane.  This younger sister  was also badly abused both in maternal violence and in sexual  abuse, as was Diane, but to a much lesser degree.  I thought of  Diane's mother as a raging bull with massive mood swings from  manipulative and charming to a cruel, mean and evil woman.  I  myself was afraid of her.  If I had known what was really going  on during the years I worked with the family, I would not have  had the power to do anything about it.  My only hope and  motivation at that time was to give them a view of what life was  like from a different perspective and thus help them be kinder to  their children.  I am always appalled by the fact that Social  Services felt it was best to keep children connected to their  families no matter how monstrous the evil in the home.   Twenty-six years later, we are all wiser.\"  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e –MELANIE TAYLOR\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125762867440,"sku":"9781403364609","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781403364609_p0.jpg?v=1763715363","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781403364609","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}