Is Russian Gothic misogynistic?

I wrote ‘Russian Gothic’ in part about my beloved mother, whose precious life was destroyed by my alcoholic father — and about her countless sisters in pain across the former Soviet Union: women who suffered silently under all forms of domestic abuse, because they couldn’t find help back then — and still can’t today.

I’m writing about a victim of daily violence.
If what you feel is pain or outrage at Vera’s fate — good. That means you’re compassionate. That means you care.

But don’t turn that outrage against me or my book.
Neither I nor my book are misogynistic.

I’m showing you a dark and painful part of our history — one you need to face.