Intimate warfare

Home is widely expected to be the place where children grow up protected, yet many people are harmed by those closest to them. Blows, kicks, sexual assault and severe beatings occur among relatives and partners more often than outsiders might assume. Violence inside a household prompts many difficult questions about why it happens and how it persists.

The authors have worked on this troubling subject for years. Here they aim to present a fuller picture of how violence operates within families.

The book is built around a conversation between the two authors, and it sets out their reflections on that exchange.