Terrifying Love: Why Battered Women Kill and How Society Responds

by Lenore E. Walker

A pioneer in the study of battered women analyzes, based on case histories, the complex forces that drive some abused women to murder and discusses the legal and emotional aftermath of the killing

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Lenore E. Walker

Reviews

[Suz · Rating 5 out of 5]

My sociology professor Mitra Das taught the most interesting and challenging classes. The type of topics we discussed forced you to truly explore your notions about different races, ethnic groups and socio-economic groups. Those same topics helped us learn how we are all the same. Terrifying Love explores battered women and how they end up where they are. I believe any woman can benefit from reading this book because abuse can and does start out slowly and is designed to break down a woman's trust in her own instincts. With today's propensity for rushing into casual relationships I think "abuse" has taken on a new form of anything that breaks down a woman's self esteem. And I am ranting now...read the book. It's powerful.

[Kim Schellin-Rog · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very repetitive of her first book the battered women.