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Butch: This is not the man I married.
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 14 2025
Pages: 76
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.16 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Lorraine lives in a house ruled by silence. Her husband, Butch, a former cop with a badge and a temper, controls the family not with fists-but with fear, manipulation, and the eerie presence of what their youngest calls The Quiet Man. As the atmosphere grows more suffocating, Lorraine begins to suspect that the danger isn't just emotional-it's escalating.
Her children-Renae, Ann, and Reggie-each respond in their own way. Renae grows defiant and watchful. Ann documents everything in her journal, turning trauma into poetry. Reggie draws what he cannot say, including the mirror in the garage that seems to listen more than reflect.
When Lorraine discovers a hidden bruise and a chilling shift in Butch's behavior, she begins planning their escape. With quiet precision, she gathers documents, cash, and courage. The night they flee, Butch doesn't chase them with words-he follows with silence.
In a shelter two towns away, the family begins to rebuild. Butch sends a letter. Then he appears. Then he violates the restraining order by running them off the road. But Lorraine doesn't run again. She fights. She testifies. She wins.
Through alternating perspectives-Lorraine's resolve, Renae's awakening, Ann's lyrical journal entries-the novel explores how trauma echoes through generations, and how survival is not just escape, but reclamation.
In the final chapters, Butch is arrested. The family begins to heal. And Ann writes the ending-not about him, but about them.
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