National Domestic Violence Hotline - 1-800-799-SAFE (1-800-799-7233) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUGGESTED READINGS Compiled by Susan Koppelman <> This selective bibliography includes published books only, and is intended for a variety of readers. Some of the books, esp. those from small publishers, go in and out of print. Check used book stores for those you can't find in print. "Women in the Trees:" U. S. Women's Short Stories about Battering and Resistance, 1839-1994 edited by Susan Koppelman Boston: Beacon Press 1996; ISBN 0-8070-6777-6 Loving to Survive: Sexual Terror, Men's Violence and Women's Lives. by Dee L. R. Graham with Edna I. Rawlings and Roberta K. Rigsby. New York University Press, Washington Square, New York, NY 10003, 1994 Abuse and Violence in Same Gender Relationships: A Resource for the Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Transgendered Communities. By the Wingspan Domestic Violence Project, 1998 300 E. 6th. St., Tucson, AZ 85705; 520-624-0348 Getting Free: You Can End Abuse and Take Back Your Life by Ginny NiCarthy: Seal Press, 1986 The Ones Who Got Away: Women Who Left Abusive Partners by Ginny NiCarthy: Seal Press, 1987 You Can Be Free: An Easy-To-Read Handbook for Abused Women by Ginny NiCarthy and Sue Davidson: Seal Press, 1989 The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond by Patricia Evans. Paperback 2Nd&Expnd edition, 1996 Adams Pub; ISBN: 1558505822 Verbal Abuse: Survivors Speak Out on Relationship and Recovery by Patricia Evans. Adams Pub, 1993; ISBN: 1558503048 Dating Violence: Young Women in Danger Edited by Barrie Levy. Seattle: Seal Press 1991 & 1998 3131 Western Ave. Seattle, WA 98121-1041 Ph. (202) 283-7844 or 1-800-754-0271 e-mail sealprss@scn.org. The Other Side of Silence: Women Tell About Their Experiences With Date Rape Christine Carter (Editor), 1997 Sexual Assault on the College Campus: The Role of Male Peer Support Martin D. Schwartz, Walter S. Dekeseredy, 1997 Wild Women Don't Wear No Blues: Black Women Writers on Love Men and Sex edited by Marita Golden: Doubleday, 1993 Crossing the Boundary: Black Women Survive Incest edited by Melba Wilson. Seattle: The Seal Press, 1993. Feminist Perspectives on Wife Abuse edited by Kersti Yllo and Michele Bograd. Newbury Park, Ca: Sage Publications, 1988 Stop Domestic Violence: An Action Plan For Saving Lives by Lou Brown, Francois Dubau, and Merritt McKeon, J.D. St. Martin's Griffin, 1997 The Gift Of Fear Gavin De Becker. Dell Paperback, ISBN0-440-22619-8. Fight Back! Feminist Resistance to Male Violence. Delacoste, Frederique and Felice Newman. Cleis Press, 1981. Violence Against Women: Philosophical Perspectives. French, Stanley G., Wanda Teays, and Laura M. Purdy, eds.. Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, ISBN 0-8014-8452,1998. Heroes of Their Own Lives: The Politics and History of Family Violence by Linda Gordon Viking, 1988 Healing Your Life: Recovery from Domestic Violence by Candace Hennekens Pro Writing Services and Press 1991 Men Who Beat the Men Who Love Them: Battered Gay Men and Domestic Violence Island, David, Ph. D. and Patrick Letellier, M. A. Harrington Park Press, 1992. When "I Love You" Turns Violent by Scott A. Johnson New Horizon Press, 1993 When Love Goes Wrong: What to do When You Can't Do Anything Right by Ann Jones and Susan Schechter Harper Perennial 1992 Next Time She'll Be Dead: Battering and How To Stop It by Ann Jones Boston: Beacon Press 1994 Every Eighteen Seconds: A Journey Through Domestic Violence by Nancy Kilgore, Volcano Press 1992 Naming the Violence: Speaking Out About Lesbian Battering Lobel, Kerry, Ed. Seattle: Seal Press, 1984 Battered Wives, Revised, Updated by Del Martin Volcano Press 1976, 1981 Eva-Mary. (Poetry) McCarriston, Linda. Triquarterly Books: Northwestern University Press, 1991, and Another Chicago Press, 1991 Domestic Tyranny: The Making of American Social Policy Against Family Violence from Colonial Times to the Present by Elizabeth Pleck Oxford University Press 1987 What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Relationship like This? Women in Abusive Relationships edited by Kay Marie Porterfield Freedom, Ca: Crossing Press, 1992 Violent Betrayal: Partner Abuse in Lesbian Relationships Renzetti, Claire M. Sage Publications, 1992 Violence in Gay and Lesbian Domestic Partnerships Renzetti, Claire M. and Charles Harvey Miley, eds. Harrington Park Press, 1996 Called To Account: The Story of One Family's Struggle to Say No to Abuse by M'Liss Switzer & Katherine Hale Seattle: Seal Press, 1987 Lesbians Talk Violent Relationships Taylor, Joelle and Tracey Chandler Scarlet Press, 1995 The Battered Woman by Lenore Walker Harper and Row 1979 The Battered Woman Syndrome by Lenore Walker Ed.D. Springer 1984 Counseling to End Violence Against Women: A Subversive Model by Mollie Whalen Newbury Park, Ca: Sage Publications, 1996 Closeted Screams : A Service Provider Handbook for Same-Sex Domestic Violence Issues, Sharon Smith-Fliesher Soria, Paperback, 1992