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Patricia Gordon Stevens

Australian-based counselor and author of "Madness in Memphis," a debut novel drawing on her own escape from domestic abuse.

Oct 14, 2026

23:57
Okay.
23:57
He really, really thought that was a great idea.
23:59
So that meant I still worked, and that meant I would go to night school at the University of Memphis.
24:05
Well, one evening, and this is in the book, he walks into my classroom, and he grabs my arm, and he picks up my briefcase and picks up my books.
24:15
And the classroom is huge, huge, and the professor is giving a lecture And the professor's going, "What are you doing? I'm giving a class." And he said, "Well, you're one person down.
24:25
Go ahead," and marched me out of the room.
24:29
And as we drove home, it was very painful.
28:46
I'm sorry
4:01
Patricia, where do you think we should start your story in those things you want to tell us about today?
4:06
I think the best place is knowing that I was married at a very young age and I had two children really young.
4:14
The marriage did not last.
4:16
It lasted only four years.
4:18
So we were divorced and I was raising two precious young children, which was already monumentally hard and difficult.
4:27
Single for quite some time.
4:29
And I really thought, I remember thinking, Bill, it's time for us to become an all-American family again.

19 MINS LATER

23:15
Blame shifting.
4:01
Patricia, where do you think we should start your story and those things you want to tell us about today?
4:06
I think the best place is knowing that I was married at a very young age and I had two children really young.
4:14
The marriage did not last.
4:16
It lasted only four years.
4:18
So we were divorced and I was raising two precious young children, which was already monumentally hard and difficult.
4:27
Single for quite some time.
4:29
And I really thought, I remember thinking, Bill, it's time for us to become an all-American family again.

19 MINS LATER

23:15
Blame shifting.

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