Scream Quietly or the Neighbours Will Hear (A Penguin Special) -

Erin Pizzey

Penguin Books

1974

144 páginas

4h 48m

ISBN-10: 0140523111

Terrifying in her blunt honesty and recital of women's stories, Pizzey wastes no time in taking to task society, the government, and social service agencies for their utter failure to help women trying to escape from abusive relationships. I think this is probably one of the first books, if not the first book, to deal with the subject on an intimate level, rather than a scholarly one. What really struck me is how much has changed, and yet how little has changed in the fight to end violence against women since the 1970s, when Erin Pizzey published her book.