When I Hit You

Author: Meena Kandasamy

Genre: Literary Fiction

Publisher: Atlantic Books

Year: 2018

Blurb: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2018

LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018 A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Courageous and brave and disturbing and will stay with you for a long time' – Stylistt

"Meena Kandasamy's vivid, sharp and precise writing makes a triumph of When I Hit You"- Guardian

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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