Offers advice on what to do when a relationship turns violent, includes how to call police, defending yourself and your children, finding emergency shelter, and how to begin building a new life
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Marian Betancourt has written several books about women's health and is the author of What to Do When Love Turns Violent (HarperCollins, 1997), which The New York Times called "the single best resource on the subject." She lectures on domestic violence and has appeared on radio and television shows including the Oprah Winfrey Show. A new edition of the book will be published in 1999. Her other books include What to Do If You Get Breast Cancer (Little, Brown, 1995), Chronic Illness and the Family (Adams, 1996), What to Do If You Get Colon Cancer (Wiley, 1997), and The Prostate Cancer Sourcebook (Wiley, 1998). She is a member of the Author's Guild and the American Society of Journalists and Authors. She is a native New Yorker and lives in Brooklyn.
"Possible the single best resource....provides detailed advice and helpful sources to aid in every aspect of escape." -- Jane E. Brody, New York Times
"Possible the single best resource....provides detailed advice and helpful sources to aid in every aspect of escape." -- Jane E. Brody, New York Times
"This book should be in every library and a part of everyone's consciousness." -- --Peter Glick,New York Law Journal
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"This may be the most important book of your life." -- --Robert McAfee, past president, American Medical Association
"This may be the most important book of your life." -- --Robert McAfee, past president, American Medical Association
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