N. M. Wallace was a generally happy child. Her family was poor, but they got by. Her childhood was marred, however, by her mother's suffering at the hands of an emotionally and physically abusive partner.

She had no intention of falling into the same trap as her mother, who only escaped when her youngest son was twelve. Yet years later, Wallace would find herself the victim of emotional, physical, and psychological torture at the hands of a man who should have been a trusted life partner.

"Abused" is Wallace's story, a cautionary tale of the horrors of abuse and the role religion...