Night in the Heart

‘Of these three women, we had to start with the first; the one who had just turned twenty-five when she fled and who is the only one to have survived. Along with me.’ A difficult but essential read, based on the true stories of three women who fell victim to violence at the hands of their partners. Of the three, only one survived: the author. Balancing strength and humility, Appanah examines in depth the unbearable enigma of femicide, when the deepest darkness of the night takes the place of love. A deeply moving novel that gives a voice to all those women who have lost their own lives to violence.