When I Hit You

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Caught in the hook of love, a young woman marries a dashing university professor. She moves to a rain-washed coastal town to be with him, but behind closed doors she discovers that her perfect husband is a perfect monster. As he sets about battering her into obedience and as her family pressures her to stay in the marriage, she swears to fight back - a resistance that will either kill her or set her free.

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Explosive * Guardian *
Searing * Financial Times *
Scorching * Observer *
Shattering * Daily Telegraph *
Courageous and brave and disturbing and will stay with you for a long time * Stylist *
A powerful portrait of an abusive marriage... [Meena Kandasamy is] an astonishingly talented young female writer. * The Pool *
One of the most important and shocking and poetic books of 2017 * Readwomen *
Fierce and unforgettable * Culturefly *
Brilliant... Astonishing... By far the best read of the year * Women Writers *

Author Bio

Meena Kandasamy (born 1984) is a poet, fiction writer, translator and activist who is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. She has published two collections of poetry, Touch (2006) and Ms. Militancy (2010), and the critically acclaimed novel, Gypsy Goddess.