‘This is an articulate, thoughtful, accessible look at the phenomenon of violence ... This sympathetic first-hand account of finding life after abuse is destined to help all those who find themselves in a similar position.’ 

‘Patricia Hughes writes gracefully about an ugly topic – domestic violence.’ 

‘This classic bildungsroman is exemplary of a practice that will create the change we desperately need.  … Such writing of lived and felt experience is a crucial mechanism for framing the possibilities of change. Hughes is to be congratulated for this achievement.’