Smoke, Mirrors, & Marble Floors: A Clinician's Descent into Coercive Control - and the Truth About Why Leaving Isn't Simple

Smoke, Mirrors, and Marble Floors is a powerful, unflinching memoir that pulls back the curtain on coercive control-and the complex reality of why leaving is never as simple as it seems. Written by a seasoned clinician, E. Renea Snyder brings a rare dual perspective: the professional trained to recognize trauma, and the woman who lived it. What begins as a relationship built on shared values and purpose slowly reveals itself through subtle shifts-control masked as care, intensity mistaken f...