Getting Out: Life Stories of Women Who Left Abusive Men

by Ann Goetting

Book Overview

Each year, more than 2.5 million cases of battering are reported in the Unites States, and as many as 2,000 incidents of abuse turn into murder cases. Every month, more than 50,000 women in the United States seek restraining or protection orders. While many books detail distinguishing characteristics of the abusive relationship, few accounts reveal how some women eventually gather the resources and courage to leave. In a chronicle by turns harrowing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231116489
• ISBN13: 9780231116480
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

diverse range of "abuse" in cases is helpful

I read this book about 5 years ago after walking past it in a book store. It was perfect timing and something I needed to read. One or two of the case histories are about pure emotional/financial/control type of abuse. This book helped me understand the overall pattern of abuse that can play out in more obvious domestic violence, or more subtle patterns of emotional intimidation. It helped me "get out".

Understand

This book proivdes and understanding to those who have never been abused. It provides information that helps one to see why women leave and go back to abusive relationships.

I loved this book.

This was such a good book. I had to buy this book as a required text for a class I was taking. I recommended this book to every woman I knew. It's perfect for people who are wanting to understand the warning signs of domestic violence in order to help a loved one.

Wonderful book to use in the classroom and to give as a gift

Getting Out shows us how easy it is to be "reeled in" to a relationship that is abusive and the various reasons women tend to stay for so long when they know it "just doesn't feel right." Goetting uses the narratives of women who have been able to get themselves out of and stay out of abusive relationships. The life stories of these women are sometimes heart wrenching, but also very powerful and show the reader how strong women are to survive the relationship, get out of it, and make new lives for themselves. I am currently using this book in my women's studies class and would recommend it for the classroom and to give to friends for gifts.