Summary of Rachel Louise Snyder's No Visible Bruises

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#1 Paul Monson’s wife, Michelle, used to watch Springer with him every day after work. He was closer to her than the other girls. They didn’t seem like any old family.

#2 Rocky was a wiry young man who was high-strung and jittery. He was energetic. He took the videos and packed them in a bag, then put them in the garage. He wanted to be sure they’d be saved.

#3 When it comes to people we know, people we see in other contexts, we have a difficult time recognizing the violence. We think they’re just being aggressive, or that the system will protect us. But when it comes to our family, we have a completely different mindset.

#4 Women like Michelle Monson Mosure share this steadfastness. They do not quit. They stay in abusive marriages because they understand something that most of us do not: as dangerous as it is in their homes, it is far more dangerous to leave.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822533356

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Paul Monson’s wife, Michelle, used to watch Springer with him every day after work. He was closer to her than the other girls. They didn’t seem like any old family.

#2

Rocky was a wiry young man who was high-strung and jittery. He was energetic. He took the videos and packed them in a bag, then put them in the garage. He wanted to be sure they’d be saved.

#3

When it comes to people we know, people we see in other contexts, we have a difficult time recognizing the violence. We think they’re just being aggressive, or that the system will protect us. But when it comes to our family, we have a completely different mindset.

#4

Women like Michelle Monson Mosure share this steadfastness. They do not quit. They stay in abusive marriages because they understand something that most of us do not: as dangerous as it is in their homes, it is far more dangerous to leave.

#5

When Michelle got pregnant, her mother, Sally, wanted to press statutory rape charges against Rocky. But Michelle swore she’d run away with Rocky and the baby if her mother so much as walked in the police station.

#6

Alyssa and Michelle were best friends, and they always had each other’s backs. They would hang out at Pioneer Park or North Park, and sometimes they’d go up to the Rims, a sandstone formation eighty million years old that rings the city of Billings.

#7

Rocky was the eldest child in his family. He was quiet in many of the same ways that Michelle was quiet. He was troubled, rebellious, and loved the outdoors. He had a younger brother named Mike and a younger sister named Kelly.

#8

The divorce and the move seemed to be the main reasons behind Rocky’s problems, but what about fixing whatever was broken inside him. The therapists at Pine Hills said they were trying to fix their son.

#9

Rocky’s family, Sarah and Gordon, still carry the guilt of not knowing what to look for, or what to do about it. They know they should not be feeling this way, but they do.

#10

When Rocky brought Michelle home, she was as quiet as he was. She didn’t come around much in those early days, because Rocky had a trailer out in Lockwood. But right away, Sarah and Gordon could see he was serious about this girl.

#11

Kristy was the