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Author: Elaine J. Lawless
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Imprint: University of Missouri Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.646kg
ISBN: 9780826213143
ISBN 10: 0826213146
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 12 February 2001
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
And then that ended. He moved away. I don't really remember where he moved to or what happened to him. I had the baby and I went back home and my aunt, that my uncle beat up on all the time, she tried to commit suicide. She got on a Yamaha 100 dirt bike and ran into a tree in front of the funeral parlor at eighty miles an hour trying to commit suicide. And the one thing she did, she has a head injury, she has the mentality of a seven year old now. The most ironic thing was it took that for my uncle not to be abusive anymore. Yeah [laughs], that was stupid. And I realized then why Aunt Susan had done this and, you know, I remember all those years of seeing him beat her and stuff and I thought, that sucks. The kids knew why she did it; she would say, I'm tired, just so tired.--Sherry's Story This book should be required reading for all women of childbearing age. --Pat Glasier, Women's Shelter Director
And then that ended. He moved away. I don't really remember where he moved to or what happened to him. I had the baby and I went back home and my aunt, that my uncle beat up on all the time, she tried to commit suicide. She got on a Yamaha 100 dirt bike and ran into a tree in front of the funeral parlor at eighty miles an hour trying to commit suicide. And the one thing she did, she has a head injury, she has the mentality of a seven year old now. The most ironic thing was it took that for my uncle not to be abusive anymore. Yeah [laughs], that was stupid. And I realized then why Aunt Susan had done this and, you know, I remember all those years of seeing him beat her and stuff and I thought, that sucks. The kids knew why she did it; she would say, I'm tired, just so tired.--Sherry's Story ""This book should be required reading for all women of childbearing age.""--Pat Glasier, Women's Shelter Director
<p> This book should be required reading for all women of childbearing age. --Pat Glasier, Women's Shelter Director
Author Information
Elaine J. Lawless is Professor of English and Women's Studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is the author of several books, including Women Preaching Revolution: Calling for Connection in a Disconnected Time. Lawless is also the new Editor of the Journal of American Folklore.
