Blown Away: American Women and Guns

by Caitlin Kelly

Book Overview

A controversy that has divided America for decades. A decision more women must confront every day. In the long-standing and heated debate between gun-control advocates and supporters of the Second... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743464184
• ISBN13: 9780743464185
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

What a great book!

This was a very interesting book. Had a lot of facts that make you think. Whether you like guns or not, it is worth the read!

Blown Away will blow you away

Caitlin Kelly is a gifted writer. I have read many of her articles and news stories in such newspapers and publications as, The New York Times, the New York Post, Chatelaine and the Wall Street Journal. Buy this book and you will get an unbiased view of every woman's right to bear arms -- if she so chooses. This book is a "must-read" for everyone.

A different prespective on gun ownership

I very much enjoyed this book. I found the balance refreshing. I also greatly appreciated the different perspectives on gun ownership the book brought out. These are things I wouldn't have been exposed to otherwise.

Blown away by Blown Away

I challenged myself to read a book about a subject I'm not comfortable with and then couldn't put it down. What a great Journalist and Storyteller Ms. Kelly turned out to be. I particularly enjoyed reading the history of women and guns in America. It gave me much food for thought. I highly recommend it for everyone on either side of this issue.

Great Insight into Why Women Buy and Have Guns

I found the book very powerful. The author's interviews with women of all walks of life were very interesting. You really understand that a gun is seen as a guard against violence towards women. The book was well written and not full of opinions by the author. Just real people talking. Great Book.