Women's Movement Radio Network's Podcast

Dr. Gwendolyn Plano grew up in Southern California and spent most of her professional life in higher education. She taught and served as an administrator in colleges in Japan, New York, Connecticut, and California. She now lives in the Midwest, where she enjoys retirement. As a college administrator, Gwen lived her professional life in a highly visible and accountable space--but as a wife and mother, behind closed doors, she and her family experienced the terror of domestic violence and abuse. The statistics are staggering--every 9 seconds in the United States, a woman is assaulted or beaten--but to Gwen, this was her secret; it was her shame. When her husband eventually turned his brutality on her son, she knew she could no longer stay quiet. In Letting Go into Perfect Love: Discovering the Extraordinary After Abuse, Gwen bravely recounts a violent marriage that lasted twenty-five-years--and the faith that opened her heart to hope, to trust, and to awe again. As a survivor who came out of the relationship