BLAMING THE VICTIM
By almost any standard, my mother seemed like the perfect parent. But I cringed at her touch, even though I didn’t know why. It took decades to solve the mystery.
Justine Cowan is an attorney and environmentalist who spent over two decades exposing corporate corruption and holding polluters accountable. A graduate of UC Berkeley and Duke University School of Law, she lives with her husband in Atlanta, Georgia. The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames is her first book.
By almost any standard, my mother seemed like the perfect parent. But I cringed at her touch, even though I didn’t know why. It took decades to solve the mystery.