Review
A great many memoirs written by
victims of domestic violence are published every
year. A few make it big, sometimes landing on the bestseller lists;
however many sell only a handful of copies (but, one
hopes, serve as a cathartic experience for the
writer). It's not that readers have their collective
heads in the sand about domestic violence and aren't
interested in the subject, it's simply that the book
market is awash with memoirs written by victims of
domestic abuse and, although it is terrible to admit
it, after reading a few, the
storylines start to blur into one another as the
same patterns of behavior are repeated in book after
book.
Even if you feel you've read your fill of 'misery memoirs', take a look at
If I Am
Missing or...
Beyond the Book
If I Am Missing or Dead
is Janine Latus's first book.
She is a freelance writer, radio
commentator, and regular speaker
on domestic abuse issues. She
has busked on the streets of
Chicago to write about what it's
like to sing for your supper.
She has galloped the beaches of
the Dominican Republic, eaten
her way through Kansas City and
danced herself into a frenzy,
all to gather the kind of
you-are-there details that make
a story sing. She has coaxed
women to tell her how much they
weigh and why, and couples to
admit how much they earn, how...
