The book that changed the conversation about domestic violence--an award-winning journalist's intimate investigation of the abuse that happens behind closed doors, now with a new afterword.
WINNER OF THE HILLMAN PRIZE FOR BOOK JOURNALISM * A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST * LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST * HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD FINALIST * ABA SILVER GAVEL AWARD FINALIST * KIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST The book that changed the conversation about domestic violence--award-winning journalist Rachel Louise Snyder's No Visible Bruises exposes the scope of America's hidden epidemic through the real stories of victims, perpetrators, law enforcement, and reform movements across the country. Snyder's urgent, immersive account disproves the most common, progress-stalling myths--that if things were bad enough, victims would just leave; that shelter is an adequate response; and, most insidiously, that domestic violence is a private matter rather than a public crisis. Hailed as "extraordinary" (New York Times), "compulsively readable" (Washington Post), and"gut-wrenching, required reading" (Esquire), No Visible Bruises unearths the real roots of intimate partner terrorism, its far-reaching consequences for society, and what it will take to truly address it.
"A seminal and breathtaking account of why home is the most dangerous place to be a woman . . . A tour de force." --Eve Ensler
Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 336 pages
ISBN-10: 1635570980
Item Weight: 0.7 lbs
Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars 1,001 to 10,000 ratings
"There is a compelling determination to Snyder's writing as well as to her suggestion that if we tell these stories enough, that if we find the right way to tell them, then maybe someday we won't have to tell them anymore." --Ploughshares? "In its scope and seriousness--its palpable desire to spur change--this book invites reflection not only about violence but about writing itself." --The New York Times, Editors' Choice "A writer of uncommon talent and confidence . . . Snyder's stories are about people, every single one of whom is drawn empathically." --Masha Gessen, TheNew Yorker "Compulsively readable . . . It will save lives." --The Washington Post "Terrifying, courageous reportage from our internal war zone, a fair and balanced telling of an unfair and unbalanced crisis in American family life." --Andrew Solomon
Rachel Louise Snyder's work has appeared in the New Yorker, the NYT Magazine, the Washington Post, the New Republic, the Atlantic, and elsewhere. The recipient of an Overseas Press Award for her work on This American Life, she is the author of Fugitive Denim and the novel What We've Lost is Nothing. No Visible Bruises received the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award. An associate professor at American University, Snyder lives in Washington, D.C. Follow her on Twitter at @RLSWrites
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