BOOK EXCERPT: Denise Chong's Out of Darkness is a tale of abuse — and deep courage

It was a stunning case of intimate partner violence — followed by the actions of an extraordinary woman who found light in the darkness.

Ottawa's Denise Chong is the bestselling author of The Concubine's Children and The Girl in the Picture. Her newest book, Out of Darkness: Rumana Monzur’s journey through betrayal, tyranny and abuse, tells the story of an admired professor at Dhaka University who returned to Bangladesh from graduate studies at the University of British Columbia in 2011. Soon after, her husband, Sumon, attacked and blinded her. The case drew attention in Canada and globally to the issue of intimate partner violence. Read More