Living Between Danger and Love: The Limits of Choice (Hardcover)

by Kathleen B. Jones (Author) "In the early morning hours of November 5, 1994, a twenty-seven-year-old woman named Andrea O'Donnell was brutally murdered..." (more)
Key Phrases: San Diego, Andrea O'Donnell, New York (more...)

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"A compelling, vivid account that highlights how any woman can become a victim of domestic violence. It is equally the story of Kathleen Jones, who shares her won pain and resulting activism in trying to make sense of this student's tragedy and prevent other deaths." - Joan Zorza, editor of Domestic Violence Report. -- Joan Zorza, editor of Domestic Violence Report

"A thickly braided marvel: part memoir, part memorial and lamentation, part compassionate feminist cosmology. Living Between Danger and Love is a fast read that makes you think long and hard." - Rickie Solinger, author of Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race before Roe v. Wade. -- Rickie Solinger, author of Wake Up Little Susie

"Kathleen Jones shows us the complex and painful side of modern feminism's unfinished agenda. Living Between Danger and Love brings home the stories of domestic violence that we all read in the newspapers. Her book makes you realize that this type of tragedy can happen to someone like me, someone like you, or someone you love." - Patricia Ireland, President, National Organization for Women. -- Patricia Ireland, President, National Organization for Women.

Product Description
"Andrea O'Donnell did not fit what criminal justice experts call the "victim profile." The twenty-seven-year old women's studies major at San Diego State University was the director of the campus Women's Resource Center and a self-defense instructor. Nevertheless, in the early morning hours of November 5, 1994, she was brutally murdered. Her decomposed body was discovered in the apartment that she shared with her boyfriend, Andres English-Howard. In August 1995, he was convicted of first-degree murder. The night before he was scheduled to appear in court for sentencing, English-Howard hanged himself in his jail cell."--BOOK JACKET. "Author Kathleen B. Jones, one of O'Donnell's professors, was particularly shaken by her death. In Living Between Danger and Love, she examines O'Donnell's death and what it has to say to all of us. She provokes readers to consider the irony that our ideas about choice might prevent us from imagining and discovering social relationships of intimacy where love and power are not in conflict."--BOOK JACKET.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 180 pages
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813527449
• ISBN-13: 978-0813527444
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,077,767 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gradaute Student at Columbia University, February 4, 2000

By	SpinStir "Spinandstir" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This is the kind of book that resonates with you way after you finish. The true stories are engaging and yet hauntingly sad. The images are strong and powerful. Jones evokes questions that keep popping into everyday stuff I do or subjects I am talking about. It makes me see and hear things slightly differently -- relationships,appearances, and the choices we make. Very nice.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book of Truths, January 31, 2008

By	CAN - See all my reviews

This book is a pattern to the world. It tells you about the ways we lose ourselves and each other when we are busy being tough, polite and unattached. It is a sticky story about the things we are able to see when we are not self-absorbed. Overall the story pulls, twists and locks your muscles and that is a good thing. It gives everyone the chance to consider the importance of being flexible.

5.0 out of 5 stars Provocative Book, March 26, 2008

By	J. Aragon "Feminist Educator" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book was gripping and caused me to re-think my comfortable ideas about choice, power, and even feminist politics. Jones makes us reflect on who is a victim and who can be a good victim. Surely we wouldn't expect that feminists are also in abusive relationships?! Of course, we know that abuse crosses all SES lines, class lines, and more. However, this book sheds light on choice and abuse in an honest, painful way. I read this book immmediately after its publication and I couldn't put the book down.

Jones is a great writer and weaves in theory within her personal reflection. She puts a face to the issue and by doing so causes people to talk about this issue more honestly.

Disclaimer- The author was a professor of mine and I knew the SDSU student who was murdered.