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The Refuge: My Journey to the Safe House for Battered Women
Jenny Smith
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Description for The Refuge: My Journey to the Safe House for Battered Women
Paperback. An engaging, affecting memoir by one of the first women to live at the famous Chiswick Women's Refuge in the 1970s Num Pages: 320 pages, 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGA; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Until 1971, female victims of domestic violence were expected to 'kiss and make up' with their husbands, hide their black eyes and bruises, and bear the shame that somehow their partners' brutality was their fault. Chiswick Women's Aid was Europe's first ever refuge for what were then called 'battered women', and Jenny Smith was one of the first females who bravely made their way to this much-needed safe house. Desperate, and in fear for her life and the welfare of her two small children, Jenny had fled her dangerously schizophrenic partner, carrying only a few possessions. In the Chiswick shelter, ... Read more
Until 1971, female victims of domestic violence were expected to 'kiss and make up' with their husbands, hide their black eyes and bruises, and bear the shame that somehow their partners' brutality was their fault. Chiswick Women's Aid was Europe's first ever refuge for what were then called 'battered women', and Jenny Smith was one of the first females who bravely made their way to this much-needed safe house. Desperate, and in fear for her life and the welfare of her two small children, Jenny had fled her dangerously schizophrenic partner, carrying only a few possessions. In the Chiswick shelter, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781471129483
SKU
V9781471129483
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Ref
99-47
About Jenny Smith
Jenny Smith was born in 1946 in a Derbyshire mining village. She was one of the first residents of the Chiswick Women's Refuge, when domestic violence forced her into hiding with her children. Jenny was a long-term foster carer, is now in her sixties and lives in London.
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