Assume nothing : a story of intimate violence / Tanya Selvaratnam.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063059900
- ISBN: 0063059908
- Physical Description: xviii, 250 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-250) |
Formatted Contents Note: | The fairy tale -- Entrap -- Isolate -- Control -- Demean -- Abuse -- The nightmare -- What is intimate violence? -- Extraction -- The pattern -- Coming forward -- The roller coaster -- The fallout -- The lesson -- Moving forward -- Coda (six months later) -- Epilogue. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Selvaratnam, Tanya. Schneiderman, Eric T., 1954- Abused women > United States > Biography. Intimate partner violence > United States. Abusive men > United States. |
Available copies
- 2 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | 362.8292 S469a 2021 (Text) | 33126024092243 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | 362.8292 S469a 2021 (Text) | 33126024092383 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/05/2024 |
Independence Branch | 362.8292 S469a 2021 (Text) | 33126024092185 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2021 February
With its epigraph from Terry Tempest Williams's
Copyright 2021 Library Journal.When Women Were Birds and chapter titles that invoke the fairy tale tropes her story dismantles,Assume Nothing is raw, gut-wrenching, and honest in its exposure of howâand whyâwomen find themelves trapped in the stories that comprised their childhoods, with particular attention to the shame that comes from believing that they should have known better. Selvaratnam has written this for other women, in an effort to amplify the voices of people who lack the visibility she gained in the aftermath of going public about experiencing abuse by former New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. She writes with tremendous personal vulnerability, yet never loses sight of the broader policies and data surrounding domestic violence, which lends her work strength as a memoir and as a polemic. By taking Schneiderman's own language and using it as a framework for exploring the complexity of domestic violence, Selvaratnam has successfully undermined the damaging rhetoric designed to prevent women from recognizing themselves as experiencing abuse, especially in situations where there is an imbalance of power.VERDICT A searing, yet sensitive account of vulnerability and redemption that will find a wide audience.âEmily Bowles, Lawrence Univ., WI