Hollowed Out

Poems on self-life and spiritual blackmail, vol. 4
by Angie Outis

This slim volume of very personal poetry reveals the big question I had from volume 2- what was in the letter from her husband's employer? Yeah, it's frightening. Makes your stomach drop. No wonder she decided to leave her husband. These pages detail her fear and desperation under the thumb of a controlling spouse. Trying to speak out to her therapist, her parents, her friends- little help from any side. Various plans she made, the long struggle for a final break. It's hard. Hard to read it and must have been even harder to live it. I had my own troubles with an ex, but they weren't like this. If there's a fifth or sixth volume upcoming, I do hope it shows light on the other side- getting through the dark times to find something better.

I received a copy of this book from the author.

Rating: 3/5                  30 pages, 2017