abused wives

A fictional narrative in which Fran Benedetto, a woman who was abused by her husband, examines the reasons why she stayed in her marriage for so long, and ponders whether leaving was the right thing to do.

A fictional narrative in which Fran Benedetto, a woman who was abused by her husband, examines the reasons why she stayed in her marriage for so long, and ponders whether leaving was the right thing to do.

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".

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.

Nan Fletcher finds herself deeply attracted to Ben Fuller, the divorced owner of the ranch Nan and her teenaged son Jamie are vacationing at, but Nan is still trapped in a loveless and abusive marriage and it will take a desperate act to escape and find true love.

Leslie Morgan Steiner relates her experiences being married to a man who physically abused her and describes her struggle to leave him and heal.