abused women

Presents nineteen controversial essays that debate the issue of spousal abuse, and discusses violence in teenage relationships, police response to domestic situations, insurance discrimination, and more.

While Naomi struggles with her abusive ex-boyfriend returning to school, Ernesto hopes she will see him as more than a friend.

At school it looks like Naomi and Clay are just a happy couple. But there's a darkness in him. He doesn't treat Naomi right. He's jealous and spiteful. So why does Naomi put up with a guy like Clay? Ernesto tries to understand why Naomi puts up with physical abuse from her boyfriend.

Twelve-year-old Hershey must deal with a new set of problems after her mother, escaping from her abusive boyfriend, takes the family to live across town in a women's shelter, and Hershey's journals and Cheez Doodles are her only constants.

When Cindy Gibson starts dating Bobby Wallace, he appears to be everything that Cindy is looking for, until he starts behaving strangely and Cindy finds herself in the worst trouble of her life.

No longer tolerating her husband's borderline abuse, Faith escapes to her parents' California beach house to plan her next move. She never dreamed her new chapter would involve befriending Sarah, a fourteen-year-old on the run from her father and reeling from her mother's sudden and suspicious death. While Sarah's grandmother scrambles to get custody, Faith is charged with spiriting the girl away on a journey that will restore her hope: Sarah implores Faith to take her to Falkner's Midnight Sun, the prized black mare that her father sold out from under her. Sarah shares an unbreakable bond with Midnight and can't bear to be apart from her. Throughout the sweltering summer, as they follow Midnight from show to show, Sarah comes to terms with what she witnessed on the terrible night her mother died.

Explores the problem of violence against women, including the different forms in can take and why it happens. Also includes suggestions on getting help and working to prevent violence against women. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and resources for further information.

"Lovelace explores the memory of being in an abusive relationship. She poses the eternal question: Can you heal once you've been marked by a monster, or will the sun always sting?"--Amazon.com.

"In this . . . memoir, a woman chronicles how her marriage devolved from a love story into a shocking tale of abuse--examining the tenderness and violence entwined in the relationship, why she endured years of physical and emotional pain, and how she eventually broke free"--Provided by publisher.

"Only women and girls are allowed in the Red Abbey, a haven from abuse and oppression. Maresi arrived at the Abbey four years ago, during the hunger winter, and now lives a happy life under the protection of the Mother. Maresi spends her days reading in the Knowledge House, caring for the younger novices, and contentedly waiting for the moment when she will be called to serve one of the Houses of the Abbey."--Back cover.