Diary of a Battered Woman: What Was She Thinking? Why Did She Stay?

This is a story of a woman who was living a tortured life at the hands of her abusive partner and how she was able to survive with the help that is available. The woman, Rita, had two children with the abuser; and they also suffered the emotional trauma of witnessing the physical and mental violence toward their mother. Statistics indicate that a woman is beaten every nine seconds in the United States, and Rita was one of them. Awareness and increased civility on the part of society afforde...