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Title Surviving : why we stay and how we leave abusive relationships / Beverly Gooden.
Author Gooden, Beverly, 1982- author.
Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
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 Hiawassee  362.8292 GOO    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  362.8292 GOO    Check Shelves
 South Creek  362.8292 GOO    Check Shelves
Description ix, 219 pages ; 23 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Stuck -- Choices -- Why We Stay -- No One Is Going to Save You -- A Theory of Justice -- Reinvention -- Touch -- Harm Reduction -- Tools for Healing -- Good Love -- Unstuck.
Summary "When survivors of domestic violence reveal their predicaments, the first question many ask is "Why did you stay?" Here, an abuse survivor answers that question through her own story of survival and offers help to those who want to leave and rebuild their lives"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Gooden, Beverly, 1982-
Abused women -- United States -- Biography.
Victims of family violence -- United States -- Biography.
Family violence -- United States.
Intimate partner violence -- United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Genre Autobiography (DNLM)D020493
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies. (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000520
ISBN 9781538158098 hardcover ; alkaline paper : $24.95
1538158094 hardcover ; alkaline paper