Violence and abuse in society

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At a time when mass shootings in schools and other public spaces have become commonplace, it might seem surprising that American college campuses are not magnets for murderers but sanctuaries from them.

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This book provides a thorough account of victimisation across the social spectrum of class, race, age and gender.

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Victim.

He pushed open the door, and I saw that he was pulling something out of a bag he was carrying.

He told me he loved me.

He was our abusive father.

He manipulated me by making me feel special then duped me into thinking I was to blame.

Now a major BBC TV series.

'IF YOU READ ANY BOOK THIS YEAR, READ THIS ONE - MARTINA COLE'A LIFE STORY FAR MORE INCREDIBLE THAN ANY BESTSELLER' - JEFFREY ARCHER 'Sometimes today I still cry for the lonely, frightened little boy I was then - so unhappy and so longing for love - and marvel at not only surviving the brutality and the other appalling abuse but also, in the end, triumphing over it all.

'Lying in the prison of my bed, his dark silhouette closes in, a pillow in his hands.

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A brilliant novel courageous, necessary and deeply touching Guardian douard Louis grew up in a village in northern France where many live below the poverty line.