Sisters in Pain: Battered Women Fight Back - Hardcover

Beattie, Linda Elisabeth; LaPinta, Linda Elisabeth; Shaughnessy, Mary Angela

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813121515 ISBN 13: 9780813121512

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, 2000

Synopsis

In 1995, Kentucky governor Brereton Jones granted parole to ten women who had been convicted of killing, conspiring to kill, or assaulting the men who had abused them for years. The media began referring to them as the "Sisters in Pain," a name they embraced. These are their stories.

Linda Elisabeth Beattie and Mary Angela Shaughnessy's interviews of seven of the Sisters in Pain detail the physical, sexual, or psychological abuse they suffered at the hands of their husbands or boyfriends, battery beyond comprehension. Anyone who has ever asked, "Why don't they just leave?" will come to understand the interconnected strands of abuse that make just living through another day a personal triumph.

Beattie and Shaughnessy address the pervasive nature of domestic violence in America and explore the legal ramifications of fighting back. Their interviews with the Sisters in Pain reveal the ways in which these women have picked up the pieces of their shattered lives and learned to face the future.

About this title

From the Publisher:

“Offers the hope that battered women’s stories will be heard and will motivate others to stand up and take action to end domestic violence.”—Bowling Green Daily News

About the Author:

Linda Elisabeth LaPinta is associate professor of English at Elizabethtown Community College and the editor of Conversations with Kentucky Writers.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0813121515
• ISBN 13: 9780813121512
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240