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1、UnitOneFamilyandMarriageTheOddCoupleThestoryofCharlotteandJohnFeddersrockedWashington.Ithadalltheingredients:success,money,ambition,imageobsessionandviolence.Ithasbecomeamodernfable,acautionarytalethatflashesawarningbeaconthroughoutawholeupperechelonoftoughyoungmenpushingtheirwa
2、ytothetop,attheexpenseoftheirfamilies.CharlotteandJohnwerethearchetypicalsuccessfulWashingtoncouple.Hewasayounglawyerzoomingupthestatusladderinthefastlane.Theywereacrisp,cleanlivingCatholiccouplewithfiveyoungsons,livinginagleamingcolonial-stylemansion.Fromtheoutsidetheyseemedtoh
3、aveitall:thebestcountryclubs,Catholicprivateschoolsforthechildren,thebestprivatelycateredparties.Hewasselectedforatopjobwhichbroughthimintothepubliceye.ThenJohnFedders’lifefellapart.Or,atleast,hisimageofit,whichforhimwasthesamething.Hisprivatelifehadalwaysbeenacatastrophebutonew
4、ellhidden.Thelaststrawforhiswifecamethedayhestartedtoturnhisviolentrageagainsthiseldestson.CharlotteFeddersfiledfordivorce.Shehopedforaquietdivorcewithoutdispute.Butherhusbandwantedtobattleitout.PerhapshethoughtnoonewouldnoticeanobscurehearinginasmallcourtroominMaryland.ButtheWa
5、llStreetJournalsentareportertowritethestory,andwhatastoryitwas.Feddershadbeatenhiswifeoftenandsavagely.Hethumpedherrepeatedlywhenshewaspregnant.Heranthehouseholdwithasetofironrules:noonewaspermittedtoenterthehouseinshoes;hissonshadtodothirtypress-upswhenevertheycameintotheroom.H
6、ewasobsessivelymeanaboutmoney.Charlottegotvirtuallynoneforherselfandthechildren.Andyetsheworriedfranticallyabouttheirrisingdebts.Theylivedwaybeyondtheirmeans.ThedayaftertheWallStreetJournalranthestory,JohnFedderswasforcedtoresign,andthestoryranextensivelyonnationwidetelevision.I
7、trangnewalarmbells.Itshowedthatbatteredwiveswerenotnecessarilypoororconfinedtoghettos.CharlottelearnedforthefirsttimetheFBIstatistics:fourwomenarebeatentodeatheverydayinAmericabyhusbandsorlovers.5Charlottegotherdivorce.JohnFedderstookalowerpaidjobandpaid$12,000ayeartoCharlottean
8、dthechildren.Theolderchildrenallworkedandcontri
