Villains And Victims

In every disagreement, somebody gets cast as the villain and somebody gets cast as the victim. Most of us are sure which one we are. Yolanda M. Epps asks you to look again.

Villains and Victims is a book of 28 short truths about how we talk to, love and hurt the people closest to us. Each one is a quote on one page and a single page across from it that shows you the moment as it happens, then gives you what helps: the words to say and the move to make.

You will recognize yourself in it. The one who won't answer the question. The one who shuts down. The one who corrects the word and misses the point. The one waiting to be chosen. The one who lets things pile up until they trip over them.

Four parts walk you from the villain, to the victim, to both, to the choice to be neither. A closing set of questions asks what you have learned about yourself.

Read it straight through or open it anywhere. For anyone married, dating or starting over, and for anyone ready to be honest about their own part.