The Unbinding - Paperback

by Wendy Vergoz (Author), Jill Peláez Baumgaertner (Editor)

The Unbinding chronicles a woman's experience of finding her way through and out of a twenty-year marriage rooted in domestic violence, as well as her continued unbinding from trauma. The abuse she survives is particularly insidious due to the fact that she is married to a pastor, and thus it includes not just emotional, psychological, physical, and sexual abuse, but also spiritual abuse. Settings and images of everyday life provide a gateway into a remarkable journey, the telling of which is vivid and dark, yet ultimately hopeful. The woman at the center of this journey survives due to her children--a manifestation to her of grace in the world--and her grit.

Author Biography

Wendy Vergoz is Assistant Professor of English at Marian University. She has received grants from the Arts Council of Indianapolis, the Indiana Arts Commission, and Indiana Campus Compact. Her poems have been published in Pink Panther Magazine, Panoply, Cleaver Magazine, The Christian Century, Flying Island, and Anglican Theological Review. They have appeared in exhibitions at the Arthur M. Glick JCC, the Indianapolis Artsgarden, Christian Theological Seminary, the Harrison Center, and Gallery 308 in Muncie, Indiana.