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Summary: The most helpful book I have read on the subject of abuse.
Review: This book gave me so much insight into myself and how to cope with all the problems that I am dealing with at this time in my life......I found it to be totally informative and inspiring.
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Summary: A EXCELLENT GUIDE AND BOOK FOR WOMAN IN ABUSiVE RELATIONSHIP
Review: This book is A+!!! It was not depressing and overwhelming sad like some books on this issue can be...It gives the abused woman who has conquered and broken the cycle of abuse a voice...it gives you basic and realistics steps without making one feel ashamed, hopeless and overwhelmed. this books helped me to save my own life from a long abusive and unhappy marriage. I strongly recommend this book to abused women and those who know an abused loved one. the authors are angels in disguise!!!
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Summary: This book is saving my sanity if not my life!
Review: This book is wonderful, since it finally pointed out all of my feelings of hopelessness and confusion where I wasn't sure where it was coming from. All my excuses for staying with my abusive partner are in this book, and when I finally got too overwhelmed with the beginning of the book, I jumped ahead to the "When You Choose To Leave" because I just left him again almost a month ago. (You can easily jump around in this book and not feel like you've missed something.) I'm hoping that this book will help pull me through the tough times and give me enough courage to seek professional help for what he's done to me. So far I can't talk about it to more than a few people, because I feel ashamed, but I also feel hope, because if the women in this book could get their lives together in worse situations than mine, then so can I! Also, it gives great advice on where to find housing and financial help if you need it. I wasn't even sure what questions to ask in applying for assistance, but I just went back to the book, and it explained it out for me, and that gave me the courage to make a few more phone calls and figure the system out. What I've learned, sadly, is that although I'm not alone, I'm also in good company with beautiful human spirits.
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Summary: This book is saving my sanity if not my life!
Review: This book is wonderful, since it finally pointed out all of my feelings of hopelessness and confusion where I wasn't sure where it was coming from. All my excuses for staying with my abusive partner are in this book, and when I finally got too overwhelmed with the beginning of the book, I jumped ahead to the "When You Choose To Leave" because I just left him again almost a month ago. (You can easily jump around in this book and not feel like you've missed something.) I'm hoping that this book will help pull me through the tough times and give me enough courage to seek professional help for what he's done to me. So far I can't talk about it to more than a few people, because I feel ashamed, but I also feel hope, because if the women in this book could get their lives together in worse situations than mine, then so can I! Also, it gives great advice on where to find housing and financial help if you need it. I wasn't even sure what questions to ask in applying for assistance, but I just went back to the book, and it explained it out for me, and that gave me the courage to make a few more phone calls and figure the system out. What I've learned, sadly, is that although I'm not alone, I'm also in good company with beautiful human spirits.
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Summary: For abusive relationships only, very FEMINIST
Review: This is a good book for those trying to extricate themselves from abusive relationships. While I do appreciate the author's point that the abuse is HIS problem, she fails to cover what to do when one extricates oneself. The fact is that if the abused does not seek help to change her coping mechanisms, she will repeat the relationship over and over again. She ALSO, must learn to change. The author blames society too much. Puts us in a victim role with respect to that. Just as it was HIS choice to batter, it was ultimately HER CHOICE to stay. This book was WAY off base where it attempted to address the families with substance abuse. I recommend this book only for women who are being physically battered.
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Summary: Useful for friends of abused women
Review: This review is from the point of view of someone who has a friend in an emotionally abusive relationship. I found this book extremely helpful. It provides insights into what goes on in abusive relationships and it helps to answer the big question you've been asking: why does she stay? It has a chapter specifically for friends and family of victims suggesting how to help, what to ask, and how to react if an abused woman confides in you. I wish I'd read this book *before* that happened to me! I could have avoided some mistakes.The book also includes practical (not rosy) descriptions of what abused women can expect if they file for a restraining order, stay at a shelter, bring in the police, etc. There's also advice on choosing the right person to confide in, the right counsellor, and the right advocate. If you have (or suspect you have) a physically or emotionally abused friend or relative, you owe it to yourself and to her to read this book.
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