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Author Goetting, Ann.

Title Getting out : life stories of women who left abusive men / Ann Goetting.

Imprint New York : Columbia University Press, ©1999.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.8292 G599G    Check Shelf
Description ix, 286 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-286).
Contents Introduction: Thinking Through the Heart -- pt. I. Privileged are not Exempt ... -- pt. II. ... Nor are Children -- pt. III. Two-Timing Batterer -- pt. IV. Family and Friends to the Rescue -- pt. V. Faces of Shelter Life -- pt. VI. When the System Works -- pt. VII. Legacies of Loss and Death -- Afterword: A Message for Battered Women.
Summary "While many books detail distinguishing characteristics of the abusive relationship and the psychological profiles of the women and men involved, few accounts reveal how some women eventually gather the courage to leave." "In a chronicle by turns harrowing and inspiring, Ann Goetting tells how sixteen women finally got away for good. Getting Out recounts not only the stories of their abuse but also the women's life histories leading up to the battering - and the resources they drew upon to escape." "Getting Out is a book that some women may read to discover solutions to problems within their own lives and those of people they know. It is also a work that social workers and psychologists who deal with battered women will find singularly informative and one that will find an audience of readers seeking to understand the lives of women involved with abusive men."--Jacket.
Subject Abused women -- United States -- Psychology.
Family violence -- United States.
Abusive men -- United States -- Psychology.
Battered woman syndrome -- United States.
Battered Women -- psychology. (DNLM)D018585Q000523
Spouse Abuse -- psychology. (DNLM)D013179Q000523
Domestic Violence -- psychology. (DNLM)D017579Q000523
Abused women -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst00794892
Abusive men -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst00794908
Battered woman syndrome. (OCoLC)fst00828862
Family violence. (OCoLC)fst00920540
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Vrouwenmishandeling.
Echtscheiding.
ISBN 0231116489 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780231116480 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0231116497 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780231116497 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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