[3] A revised version, with the addition of the role of politics in gaslighting, was published in 2018 by Harmony Books.

[3] The foreign language rights to the book were sold at The London Book Fair 2018 by Crown Publishing Group to Citic Press (China), Random House (Korea), Komplett-Media (Germany), Ankh-Hermes (Netherlands), Ping's Publications (Taiwan), and Editorial Sirio (world Spanish).

[4] In the foreword, Wolf describes how an incident between a father and child in a playground encouraged Stern to write about her experience of treating young women in emotionally abusive relationships, although clarifying that this type of abuse was not exclusive to women.

The chapters revolve around the stories of three relationships; Katie and her protective but critical boyfriend Brian, Liz and her charming boss who leaves her out of major decisions, and Mitchell and his ridiculing mother.

Respectively, the gaslighter boyfriend, boss and mother feel the need to be right and the gaslightee Katie, Liz and Mitchell idealize them while simultaneously seeking their approval.

[1] The term "gaslightee" is used to describe the abused, who may be at one of three stages of the "gas light effect"; disbelief, defense or depression.

[7] To avoid the gas light tango, the book suggests to use silence instead of responding to provocation, writing down dialogues before reflecting upon them, and confiding in a trusted friend.

[2] Fuchsman correlates Stern's explanation of gaslighting to the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, George W. Bush and the alleged weapons of mass destruction in 2001, and the first year of Donald Trump's presidency.