Domestic violence has long been a topic on the periphery of society’s attention. “They’ll sort it out within their own family.” Now that, because of closed doors decorated with fine‑looking living rooms and cozy bedrooms, this problem has entered the field of public discussion, it has become obvious how huge—and how frightening—it is.
While writing the book, Raychel Louise Snyder, one of the leading world experts on domestic violence, spoke with a vast number of people: victims and their tormentors; those who killed a member of their own family and those who hunted those killers down; those who abused others and those who were abused; those who stepped in to protect victims and those who turned away from them. As a result, she produced a book that is not always easy to listen to—but it is extremely important, and in the literal sense of the word it can save lives.