When I Hit You

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 'EXPLOSIVE' - GUARDIAN SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 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' -- Stylist 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.