Description
The Chain refers to the number of women who have been used and abused by the same man and how they come together to support each other. Years ago, this reader was in a similar situation and found great joy in meeting other women he had dumped and listening to their exactly similar stories. Yes, the support of sympathetic women can get us through bad times. The title also refers to a Fleetwood Mac song about bad breakups. The story is very timely considering the predatory behavior recently revealed about powerful men. Rather than man-bashing, ultimately this book celebrates the sisterhood of shared experience. Considering the statistics, it is a large group.
The book opens as the narrator is at an abortion clinic for a procedure which ultimately ends her pregnancy and the relationship. As soon as he gets her to the clinic, he takes off. Anyone in a similar situation will relate to this book and the story about recovery.