abused women

The wife of John Allen Muhammad, the convicted D.C. sniper, relates his physical abuse of her; his kidnapping their three children and emptying of their bank accounts; her flight to a transitional home for women; and the fact that, as he was randomly killing people in the D.C. area, her husband was trying to find and murder her.

Zainab Salbi was eleven years old when her father was chosen to serve as Saddam Hussein's personal pilot, her family often forced to spend weekends with Saddam. As a palace insider, she offers a glimpse of life under a dictator and provides an intimate portrait of the man she was taught to call "uncle".

Elissa Wall discusses her life growing up as a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, the trials she endured after the polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs forced her to marry her cousin at the age of fourteen, events that led to her leaving the church, and her decision to testify against Jeffs when he was brought to trial on charges of arranging marriages between adult male followers and underage girls.

Presents a biography of Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, chronicling her marriage, artistic ambitions, and bouts with madness.

Following a factual introduction, four women of different ages and backgrounds who are now or have recently been battered tell their own stories in their own words.

Ann begins her senior year of high school as a happy, straight-A student and track star, but her life changes drastically when she become involved with a haunted young man named Connor and cannot seem to free herself from the abusive relationship.

Caitlyn, having decided to go on an exchange trip to Quebec in an attempt to overcome her abusive relationship with Tyler, finds it hard to trust again as she starts a new romance and is confronted by a person who wants to make amends.

Contains twenty articles that explore various aspects of violence against women, presenting an overview of the problem, discussing battered women and the law, examining society's response to domestic violence, and including personal narratives of abuse.

Discusses violence against women including domestic violence and rape, as well as the American culture of sex and violence, getting help for victims, and ideas for prevention.