An edition of Surviving domestic violence (2000)

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voices of women who broke free

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An edition of Surviving domestic violence (2000)

Surviving domestic violence

voices of women who broke free

1st ed.
  • 3 Want to read

This book tells the stories of 12 women who were victims of domestic violence and who escaped from their abusers to reclaim their dignity and reconstruct their life. The author traveled throughout the United States to interview women who were once in abusive relationships, who left their abusers, and who went on to reconstruct their lives. At first glance, the women who shared their stories with the author appeared to have little in common. They came from all walks of life; some women were well-educated while others barely finished high school and some came from wealthy families while others came from poor families. Some women witnessed terrifying family violence as children while others never heard an angry word, some women were raised by supportive families while others were raised by distant families, and the women came from many different community settings. The abuse inflicted on the women took different forms--physical, sexual, and/or psychological. The stories of the 12 women focus on the corrosive aspects of abuse that represented a daily threat to the women involved, the humiliation and fear caused by the abuse, and the resources and strength of the women who managed to escape from their abusive situations. The stories indicate the women had much in common; they were all in abusive relationships with men and they were determined to reconstruct their lives.

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Surviving domestic violence: voices of women who broke free
2004, Volcano Press
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Cover of: Surviving domestic violence
Surviving domestic violence: voices of women who broke free
2000, Agreka Books [publisher], University of Utah School of Medicine, Dept. of Family and Preventive Medicine [producer], Agreka Books
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211).

Published in
[Sandy, UT], Salt Lake City, UT
Genre
Case studies.

Classifications

Library of Congress
HV6626.2 .W42 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
213 p. ;
Number of pages
213

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL60719M
Internet Archive
survivingdomesti0000weis_y7a4
ISBN 10
1888106964
LCCN
99091265
OCLC/WorldCat
43610056
LibraryThing
2330958

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL84375W

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