Built to Last

In Built to Last Tara L. Carnes weaves the voices of survivors into poems to take a fearless look at domestic violence and the support systems that make it possible to heal from the trauma. ----- ...at the core of this trilogy of suffering and survival there is a deep reverence for those both Divine and earthly who have journeyed with her in the darkness/ sharing [their] wisdom and faith.-Cathy Smith Bowers Poet Laureate of North Carolina 2010-2012This collection of poetry empathically speaks their truth. And more than their truth it records their hard-won transformation from victim to survivor.-Ingrid Knox You cannot read this poetry and not be affected by it.-Mary Kay Hunyady Psychologist PsyD MA MEd At times sad and disturbing at others hopeful and even funny Carnes recounts the realities and hurdles an abused woman especially one with children faces in a society where everyone would just as soon Not Know.-Linda Weiland