[DumpsterDiver]

The last chapter of her book is titled "What I've Learned."

"I think any woman who's been abused would want to read it, which means just about any woman."

Maybe I would feel the same way if I'd been through what she has, but I strongly disagree with the section that I put in bold text.

[CobaltBlue]

I agree with you that most women haven't been abused. Further, I am revolted by the allegation that she had no responsibility for her actions. It's sickening.

[summer]

What was so shocking about this matter, among other things, was that Hedda Nussbaum actually had a family outside of Joel Steinberg, who cared about her deeply and tried numerous times to get her to leave him. Her parents and I believe her sister all knew he was a monster, and they tried over and over again to intervene. That was the hard part to understand; I mean there are women who literally have no one else and nowhere to go, but that was not at all the case with Hedda Nussbaum. She had the opportunity to go elsewhere to people who loved her, but she didn't. And, that refusal to leave not only harmed her, but led to the death of a child. It was the most heartbreaking case to see this woman, Hedda Nussbaum, almost beaten to her own death, stay with this guy - when she had the means and the family to leave him. That just left me in a state of shock.