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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A Mother’s Story, a memoir, by Rosie Batty is a confronting book to read. And it’s not a book to review in the ordinary sense of the word: it’s more a matter of bringing it to people’s awareness, because of the message it sends. International readers may not know of Rosie Batty, and why she was Australian of the Year in 2015. In 2014, her son Luke was murdered by his father Greg Anderson at a cricket ground in the small community of Tyabb, southeast of Melbourne. With parents and children still present after cricket practice, Anderson – who had a long history of violence and mental health problems and was subject to an order for arrest – stabbed the 11-year-old boy in the cricket nets. Anderson was subsequently shot by police when he resisted arrest and died in hospital from gunshot and self-inflicted knife wounds. Despite the immediacy of her grief, Rosie Batty became a powerful campaigner for an end to domestic violence. She had battled for years to manage her estranged partner without compromising her son’s relationship with his father. As Anderson became increasingly erratic and aggressive, she had sought help from the justice system, but it had failed her in the end. Her public profile strongly influenced the Victorian government to set up the Royal Commission into Family Violence. She has also set up the Luke Batty Foundation in her son’s memory. This memoir is part of Rosie Batty’s determination to raise awareness about the insidious way in which domestic violence entrenches a woman’s inability to escape it. A large part of the memoir is about how the relationship developed, and fell apart, and how she tried so hard to deal with the fallout, including making mistakes along the way. But overwhelmingly so, it is also a record of a mother’s love and the horrific loss of her child. To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2016/12/23/a-mothers-story-a-memoir-by-rosie-batty/ sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Rosie Batty knows pain no woman should have to suffer. Her son was killed by his father in a violent incident in February 2014, a horrendous event that shocked not only the nation, but the world. Greg Anderson murdered his 11-year-old son Luke and was then shot by police at the Tyabb cricket oval. Rosie had suffered years of family violence, and had had intervention and custody orders in place in an effort to protect herself and her son. She believes the killing was Greg's final act of control over her. Since the events of last February, Rosie has become an outspoken crusader against domestic violence, winning hearts and mind all over Australia with her compassion, courage, grace and forgiveness. In the wake of the tragedy, Rosie's advocacy work has forced an unprecedented national focus on family violence, with the Victorian Labor government establishing Australia's first royal commission into family violence, and committing a further $30 million over four years to protect women and children at high risk of family violence. The then Victorian Police Commissioner Ken Lay called it 'the Rosie Batty factor'. In January 2015, Rosie was named Australian of the Year, 2015. Inspiring, heartfelt and profoundly moving, this is Rosie's story. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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To put it mildly, we were amazed by her. Where was her anger? The need to blame? How did she manage to keep finding empathy for Luke’s father? After much discussion we decided that Rosie had used her profile and hard work in the domestic violence area to work through her grief and to come to terms with the loss of Luke. Strong, brave and determined, she was not going to have Luke’s death be for nothing.
Rosie’s story brought domestic violence, (and it’s partner, mental health) into our living rooms and our lives. Reading her own words about her struggles with what to do about Greg, her son’s father, is both heartbreaking and frustrating. To say she should have just left him is to simplify a very complex and multifaceted situation, and no one who has not been confronted with these issues can confidently say what is the right thing.
Topics such as these arouse strong emotions and we all felt them during this discussion. In the end we believe that women such as Rosie do not need to be judge, they need support and access to correct information and legal assistance. Her strength in working towards this goal is inspiring and is deserves to be praised. Somehow, certain members of the public and media have decided Rosie is being celebrated for losing her only child . This is where media coverage can distort and alter perception, and we must never let this happen again! (re: Lindy Chamberlain)
If you are even slightly undecided about Rosie’s story and her objectives, read her book. ( )