She turned her abusive husband into the police.

她把她那有虐待狂的丈夫送入警察局.

She never went to school, and at the age of 15, she was married off to an abusive husband.

她从来没有上过学，在15岁的时候，她嫁给了一个有家暴倾向的丈夫。

This depression-era tale of life with a third-rate traveling circus centers on orphaned animal caretaker Jacob, the woman he loves and her cruel and abusive husband, who happens to be the boss.

这部小说以大萧条时期为背景，主角是一个三流巡回马戏团中的三名成员——孤儿出身的动物看守员雅各布，他爱上的女人（马戏团明星）和她残暴的丈夫（刚巧他又是雅各布的上司）。