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Award-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. 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. Behind Closed Doors, However, Tanya's Life Was Anything But Ideal. Schneiderman Became Controlling, Mean, And Manipulative. He Drank Heavily And Used Sedatives. Sex Turned Violent, And He Called Tanya--who Was Born In Sri Lanka And Grew Up In Southern California--his Brown Slave. He Isolated And Manipulated Her, Even Threatening To Kill Her If She Tried To Leave. Twenty-five Percent Of Women In America Are Victims Of Domestic Abuse. Tanya Never Thought She Would Be A Part Of This Statistic. Growing Up, She Witnessed Her Father Physically And

Author

Selvaratnam, Tanya, author

Publisher

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9780063059900

Subjects

Social Science, Social_sciences

Rating

4.3 / 5 (214 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14