While She Was Sleeping Book

Read this the first time to see if the author could pull off the plot -- which she did.

Re-read it because she does a good job of presenting how past trauma has a life-long impact, in some unpredictable ways, but that the traumatized person can also improve their situation by recognizing what's happened and that it was wrong and by becoming aware of and challenging their coping methods that are no longer functional. Plus, while the characters may be in a crazy situation, and undeniably stressed by it, for the most part they act like reasonable adults. They make mistakes and they struggle with their own patterns and they set each other off -- but they also recognize when their poor responses are contributing to the problem, and they regularly show each other grace and compassion as they both try to work things through. Which is lovely.