Selvaratnam very bravely and compellingly uses her personal experience to shine a light on the global crisis of Violence against women.
Tanya knew the patterns and signs of domestic violence, and did not see herself as.
Growing up, she witnessed her father physically and emotionally abuse her mother.
Tanya never thought she would be a part of this statistic.
Twenty-five percent of women in America are victims of domestic abuse.
He isolated and manipulated her, even threatening to kill her if she tried to leave.
Sex turned violent, and he called Tanya--who was born in Sri Lanka and grew up in Southern California--his brown slave.
He drank heavily and used sedatives.
Schneiderman became controlling, mean, and manipulative.
Behind closed doors, however, Tanya\'s life was anything but ideal.
Both were Harvard alumni; both studied Chinese; both were interested in spirituality and meditation, both were well-connected rising stars in their professions--Selvaratnam in entertainment and the art world
Schneiderman in law and politics.
Her narrative is vivid and bracingly frank, a tour-de-force of self-revelation and, ultimately, of redemption.--Andrew Solomon, National Book Award-winning author of Far from the Tree and The Noonday DemonAward-winning filmmaker Tanya Selvaratnam bravely recounts the Intimate abuse she suffered from former New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, using her Story as a prism to examine the domestic Violence crisis plaguing America.
When Tanya Selvaratnam met then New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman at the Democratic National Convention in July 2016, they seemed like the perfect match.
Selvaratnam explains how--even as an educated, sophisticated, liberal feminist--she was enthralled by her lover\'s fame and tolerated escalating personal violence.
It will help a lot of people, and particularly those who hesitate to identify as a victim/survivor for fear of losing their grounding both publicly and privately.--Yasmeen Hassan, Global Executive Director, Equality NowThis courageous and terrifying book charts the author\'s descent into an abusive relationship and also her emergence from it in taut, seductive prose.
An important book for the women\'s rights movement, Assume Nothing demonstrates that Violence against women exists across race, class, economic status and education levels, and may be perpetrated by those we think of as allies! It dispels the myth that there are certain types of victims and perpetrators.
Selvaratnam very bravely and compellingly uses her personal experience to shine a light on the global crisis of Violence against women
