Poignant and disturbing view of a very difficult subject., November 30, 2010
By
Jim (California, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Homewrecka (Kindle Edition)
Joey Huertas has created a multi-faceted look at the issue of physically abusive relationships and their codependent origins. It is a disturbingly clear vision. By telling a story instead of preaching, Mr. Huertas (who is a social worker as well as an award-winning film maker) is able to convey so much more about the dynamics of these types of interactions. And just like in life, Homewrecka offers no "answers" or trite conclusions, just a portrait of two people obviously caught in a dangerously dysfunctional relationship but apparently pathologically unable to break away from each other.The story is set after the hospitalization of one of the parties, and is narrated in a coldly, almost contemptuous manner supposedly by the victim's sister, but possibly by the assailant herself.
It is a very effective manner of expressing the emotional impact - the feeling of futility and fatalism - of these self destructive interactions and the psychological problems that can be the underlying cause.
This is an important social issue, and Mr. Huertas has handled it in a way that addresses the clinical side as well as the side most of us never see - the emotional human side of the people actually involved.
link to purchase this book online:
http://www.amazon.com/Homewrecka-ebook/dp/B004E11212/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=books&qid=1290903392&sr=8-1
