"What a breath of fresh air. [This book] takes on the entrenched
and very powerful. Superb stuff. . . . Exhilarating."--Archbishop
Desmond Tutu
"Here is a searching and spirited story of human intimacy as it
sometimes descends into aggression: violence inflicted and
vulnerability endured--a melancholy story told with thoughtfulness,
with sensitivity, and with a brave willingness to consider the
subtleties and ironies of affliction perpetrated and
endured."--Robert Coles, Harvard University, editor of "DoubleTake"
magazine, and author of "The Secular Mind"
"Mills is thoughtful, nuanced, and original in her analysis of
intimate abuse. With compassionate insight, she reveals how insult
can lead to injury and outlines a practical alternative path to
healing and safety. "This is a feminist critique, and a survivor's,
of a mandated one-size-fits-all approach to punishing domestic
violence. Mills moves our thinking beyond unilateralism, beyond
bilateralism, to a multilateral approach to repairing lives
shattered by violence. It poses a profound challenge to existing
orthodoxy and should spawn a generation of empirical research to
refute, refine. and vindicate its analysis."--John Braithwaite,
Australian National University
"Insult to Injury will change the public relationship to
intimate violence: "Linda Mills mines the depths of our personal
denial, challenging us to return to what we somehow already know.
She'll take hits for the honesty--and the expectations it holds out
to us. But she's done the long labor of real scholarship, building
a sturdy bridge to these next dangerous steps of trust."--Adrian
Nicole LeBlanc, author of "Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and
Coming of Agein the Bronx"
"In this book, Linda Mills generates a bold and provocative
thesis. While some may disagree with her, her views must be taken
into account in the conversation on domestic violence."--Phyllis
Goldfarb, Boston College School of Law
"Mills's accomplishment is impressive and courageous. Clearly
and even elegantly written, her book offers a way out of the
current unproductive debate about the agency of women in abusive
relationships."--Christine A. Littleton, Professor of Law and
Chair, Women's Studies Programs, UCLA
"Mills is the right person to write this book, and she does an
admirable job."--Richard Gelles, author of "The Violent Home and
The Book of David: How Preserving Families Can Cost Children's
Lives"
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