Surviving : why we stay and how we leave abusive relationships
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Surviving : why we stay and how we leave abusive relationships
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Physical Description:
ix, 219 pages ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"When survivors of domestic violence reveal their predicaments, the first question many ask is "Why did you stay?" Here, an abuse survivor answers that question through her own story of survival and offers help to those who want to leave and rebuild their lives"--
Contents:
Introduction -- Stuck -- Choices -- Why We Stay -- No One Is Going to Save You -- A Theory of Justice -- Reinvention -- Touch -- Harm Reduction -- Tools for Healing -- Good Love -- Unstuck.
Publication Info:
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
Subject:
Abused women -- United States -- Biography. |
Victims of family violence -- United States -- Biography. |
Family violence -- United States. |
Intimate partner violence -- United States. |
Gooden, Beverly, 1982- |
Battered women |
Abused family members |
Family violence victims |
Victims of family abuse |
Domestic violence |
Household violence |
Interparental violence |
Intrafamily violence |
IPV (Intimate partner violence) |
Partner violence, Intimate |
SAILS ISBN:
9781538158098