Sleeping with the Enemy

By Nancy Price,

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'Sara slept with the enemy but survived. She was one of the lucky ones. Any woman contemplating leaving a violent relationship would do well to read this book' - Erin Pizzey. She is a stranger in a small town. She changed her name. Her looks. Her life. All to escape…

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1 author picked Sleeping with the Enemy as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

In the 1990s, books and movies began cropping up about spousal abuse. And domestic violence. It was as if a mass awakening were taking place that queasily asserted: just because you fed the dude a piece of white-slicked cake, he doesn’t have the right to cause you to put on makeup because you have a black eye or wear long sleeves on hot August days, or give in to sex whenever he’s in the mood.

This book was a part of that awakening, and my hat is off to the author for her brave, don’t-look-away examination of Sara and Martin’s…

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