I WANTED TO STATE AT THE OUTSET OF THE BOOK'S WRITING    THAT THE WORK  I HAVE DONE ON BEHALF OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND THOSE WRITINGS ARE MY OBLIGATION TO SOCIETY.  IF A PERSON HAS HAD HAD A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, IT IS THEIR OBLIGATION TO SHARE IT, SO THAT OTHERS MAY LEARN WHAT THEY MAY NOT READ IN BOOKS.  IT IS TO  SHOW HOW THE REALITIES DETRACT FROM THE IDEOLOGIES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION.  IT IS WRITTEN TO ANSWER THOSE WHO WOULD ASK:  "WHY DOESN'T SHE JUST LEAVE?" 

LISA DID LEAVE, EVEN THOUG FBI  STATISTICS SHOW THAT THE ODDS OF HER BEING MURDERED INCREASE UP TO 75%.  iT IS WRITTEN TO SHOW THAT EVEN THOUGH MANY PEOPLE SAID AFTER HER MURDER, THOSE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WERE THE ONES WHO FAILED HER, THAT IS CLEARLY NOT THE CASE,  IT TOOK A SYSTEM. THIS IS NOT A CASE OF ANGER OR REVENGE, BUT TO SHOW WHERE THE INADEQUACIES ARE AND THE INSIDE S TORY.

BRINGING YOU LISA'S STORY
MILLIE