To mark Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Host Dana Pellebon spoke with novelist Helen Winslow Black about her novel ‘Seven Blackbirds.’ Black discusses how each person’s experience of domestic violence is unique, and how factors like community support, independent funds, and anonymous hotlines can make a huge difference in outcomes. The show also touches on how the legal system can act as an extension of abuse, giving perpetrators an opportunity to re-insert themselves in survivor’s lives and usually fail to provide actual justice.

Helen Winslow Black is novelist based out of Illinois. Her debut novel ‘Seven Blackbirds’ is available through independent booksellers, and has a sequel ‘Songs My Mother Taught Me.’ Her books focus on the familial relationships between women, and the path toward healing.

Image courtesy of Helen Winslow Black

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