@article{280840,
      recid = {280840},
      author = {Weiss, Elaine.},
      title = {Surviving domestic violence : voices of women who broke  free /},
      publisher = {Volcano Press,},
      address = {Volcano, Calif. :},
      pages = {214 p. ;},
      year = {2004},
      note = {Originally published: [Sandy, UT] : Agreka Books, 2000.},
      abstract = {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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/280840},
}