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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sheila Flynn

How I escaped ‘trad wife’ hell: Abuse survivor hopes other victims find her book and run

Tia Levings / Hannah Joy Photography

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There was something frighteningly different about the violent energy that night – the way her husband abruptly left the house, the forces she felt telling her to run – that made Tia Levings finally bundle her four kids into the car and flee a man who hid abuse under the cloak of strict religion.

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